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Curcumin promotes A-beta fibrillation and reduces neurotoxicity in transgenic Drosophila.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Caesar Ina, Jonson Maria, Nilsson K Peter R, Thor Stefan, Hammarström Per
Abstract excerpt
The pathology of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by the presence of extracellular deposits of misfolded and aggregated amyloid-β (Aβ) peptide and intraneuronal accumulation of tangles comprised of hyperphosphorylated Tau protein. For several years, the natural compound curcumin has been proposed to be a candidate for enhanced clearance of toxic Aβ amyloid. In this study we have studied the potency of...
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