Components of wild yam can improve Alzheimer's disease
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Last Update: 2012-08-01
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Source: Internet
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Author: User
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A research team from Toyama University in Japan recently announced that they found that diosgenin, a component of yam (scientific name: Japanese Dioscorea), has the effect of improving Alzheimer's disease Wild yam is a perennial twining herbaceous vine, which likes to grow in sunny hillside, Bush or under the forest Its tuber is edible and can also be used as medicine Wild yam is widely distributed, not only in Japan, but also in Northeast China, North China and other regions Diosgenin is one of the main chemical components of wild yam, which is an important raw material for the production of steroids Dongtian Qianxun, an associate professor of the Institute of Chinese medicine and affiliated to Fushan University, etc., injected diosgenin once a day to the experimental mice suffering from Alzheimer's disease After 20 days, it was found that the typical axonal abnormality of Alzheimer's disease was restored to near normal state, and the memory of the experimental mice was also improved, and the β amyloid protein, which was regarded as the cause of the disease, was also considered to be the β amyloid protein It's also down 70% In the future, it is expected that diosgenin will be used to develop drugs for Alzheimer's disease Relevant research results have been published in the online edition of science report.
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