Curcumin promotes A-beta fibrillation and reduces neurotoxicity in transgenic Drosophila.

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 be...

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Main Authors: Ina Caesar, Maria Jonson, K Peter R Nilsson, Stefan Thor, Per Hammarström
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22348084/?tool=EBI