Strawberries to the rescue

A chemical that is found in fruits and vegetables such as strawberries and cucumbers apparently stops memory loss that accompanies Alzheimer's disease in mice, according to a new study.

Scientists have discovered in experiments on mice which normally develop Alzheimer's symptoms less than a year after birth, that a daily dose of the compound- a flavonol called fisetin, prevented the progressive memory & learning impairments. The drug, however, did not alter the formation of amyloid plaques in the brain, accumulation of proteins, which are commonly blamed for Alzheimer's. The new finding suggests a way to treat Alzheimer's symptoms independently of targeting amyloid plaques.

"we had already shown that in normal animals, fisetin can improve memory" , a senior scientists who led the study said. "What we've shown here is that it also can have an effect on animals prone to Alzheimer's", she said.

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