Professor Erwin Loh: Amino Acid Reduces Alzheimer’s Plaques
Professor Erwin Loh, President of Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators, posted on LinkedIn:
”A common amino acid reduces brain plaques in animal models of Alzheimer’s disease
A new study suggests that arginine, a common amino acid, may help reduce the brain plaques associated with Alzheimer’s disease.
The researchers found that consuming this compound reduced the accumulation of toxic proteins and improved symptoms in both fruit flies and mice.
These findings were published in Neurochemistry International.”
Read the full article here.
Title: Oral administration of arginine suppresses Aβ pathology in animal models of Alzheimer’s disease
Authors: Kanako Fujii, Toshihide Takeuchi, Yuzo Fujino, Noriko Tanaka, Nao Fujino, Akiko Takeda, Eiko N. Minakawa, Yoshitaka Nagai
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