Research: Cinnamon extract fights Alzheimer's disease

Research: Cinnamon extract fights Alzheimer's disease: A new study shows that two compounds in cinnamon extract have the ability to prevent the aggregation of a protein and its formation of neurofibrillary tangles that is characteristic in Alzheimer’s Disease(AD) . Roshni C. George, John Lew, and Donald J. Graves of the Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, at the University of California, showed that cinnamaldehyde has the ability to inhibit tau aggregation. Another compound in cinnamon extract, the oxidized form of epicatechin, also inhibited tau aggregation. The two compounds also prevented tau oxidation and the formation of products which can cause tangle formation. The in vitro (“test tube”) study was published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Research.