Tea Inhibits Enzymes Associated With Alzheimer's Disease
In a laboratory test conducted by a research team at the University of Newcastle in the United Kingdom, it was determined that tea, particularly green tea, inhibits the activity of the same enzymes in the brain currently targeted by drugs used to treat Alzheimer's disease. These novel findings suggest that tea infusions contain biologically active principles, possibly acting synergistically, that may be useful in retarding the progression of the disease assuming that these principles, yet to be identified, reach the brain. More research needs to be done to confirm and/or expand on these findings. Source: Phytotherapy Research, August 2004. Read More.
In a laboratory test conducted by a research team at the University of Newcastle in the United Kingdom, it was determined that tea, particularly green tea, inhibits the activity of the same enzymes in the brain currently targeted by drugs used to treat Alzheimer's disease. These novel findings suggest that tea infusions contain biologically active principles, possibly acting synergistically, that may be useful in retarding the progression of the disease assuming that these principles, yet to be identified, reach the brain. More research needs to be done to confirm and/or expand on these findings. Source: Phytotherapy Research, August 2004. Read More.