Study: Green tea molecules help break down Alzheimer's proteins

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Green tea molecules have been successfully used in an experiment related to the treatment of Alzheimer's disease
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21:46, 24.09.2022

Scientists have achieved success in developing an effective treatment for Alzheimer's disease.



Scientists at the University of California, Los Angeles, used a green tea molecule to identify targeted agents to fight the main signs of Alzheimer's disease. EurekAler writeswrites about it.

The green tea EGCG molecule can destroy tau fibers layer by layer, but such practical work only occurs under ideal laboratory conditions. The main difficulties hindering the development of effective EGCG-based treatments were the large size of the molecule to pass through the protective blood-brain barrier, as well as binding to many other proteins when released into the bloodstream, which significantly reduced the effectiveness of EGCG - the study says.

The scientists report that by studying the mechanism by which EGCG breaks down tau proteins, they have identified several small molecules with similar properties to EGCG.

Further experiments showed that some of them, most notably the CNS-11 and CNS-17 molecules, also stopped the spread of tau fibers from cell to cell.

CNS is not yet a cure, but it is a potential candidate for an adequate drug, commented David Eisenberg, author of the work.

Scientists are happy to report that research is ongoing.

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