Green tea helps relieve Parkinson's disease

A study by the National University of Singapore found that a component of green tea can interact with a human protein and help relieve symptoms of Parkinson's disease According to Singapore media reports, the antioxidant, EGCG, is found in green tea and red wine It can interact with AMPK protein kinase in vivo, thus protecting brain cells Researchers at the school of medicine, National University of Singapore, using fruit flies, found that EGCG could help prevent brain cell death in Parkinson's disease flies, which also had relatively better mobility The researchers hope to work with pharmaceutical companies to develop new drugs for Parkinson's disease based on the findings At present, the main drug to deal with Parkinson's disease is symptomatic treatment, and the planned new drug can play a protective role in human brain cells, the researchers said The researchers also pointed out that although drinking green tea can play a protective role, the new drug is expected to achieve better efficacy and give more practical protection to brain cells Parkinson's disease is a kind of neurodegenerative disease which is common in the middle-aged and the elderly The lesion is located in the "midbrain" of human brain There are a group of neurons named "substantia nigra neurons" When the degeneration and death of these substantia nigra neurons reach more than 80%, dopamine, the brain's neurotransmitter, will be significantly reduced until it can not maintain its normal function of regulating the nervous system, resulting in Parkinson's disease symptoms such as static tremor and muscle rigidity.