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Herbal Drugs in Mirror of Alzheimer’s Disease

Bernd Kastenholz¹, Kerstin Nagel¹, David E. Garfin² & Jürgen Horst³

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1. Research Centre Juelich, Phytosphere Institute (ICG-3), 52425 Juelich, Germany
2. American Electrophoresis Society, c/o Kendrick Labs, Wisconsin, 1202 Ann Street, Madison, WI 53713, USA
3. Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Humangenetik, 48149 Münster, Germany

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Received 11 June 2009 07:38 UTC; Posted 11 June 2009

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Biotechnology, Neuroscience, Pharmacology, Plant Biology

Tags:

• chaperones
• Ginkgo
• Alzheimer's
• flavonoids
• zinc
• copper
• homeostasis

Abstract:

Commercially available Ginkgo biloba leaf extracts may lack specificity as to the binding of copper and zinc ions in human cells. This might be the reason why Ginkgo extracts have no predictable and clinically significant benefit for people with dementia or cognitive impairment. A novel generation of herbal drugs is proposed as antioxidant and metal chelator in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.

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Kastenholz, Bernd, Nagel, Kerstin, Garfin, David, and Horst, Jürgen. Herbal Drugs in Mirror of Alzheimer’s Disease. Available from Nature Precedings <http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/npre.2009.3334.1> (2009)

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