綠茶化學治療腦部疾病

It is found by scientists from Boston Biomedical Research Institute (BBRI) and the University of Pennsylvania, that combining two chemicals, one of which is the green tea component EGCG, can prevent and destroy a variety of protein structures known as amyloids.波士頓生物醫學研究所（BBRI）和賓夕法尼亞大學的科學家發現，將兩種化學物質（其中一種是綠茶成分EGCG）結合使用，可以預防和破壞多種澱粉樣蛋白結構。 Amyloids are the primary culprits in fatal brain disorders such as Alzheimer's, Huntington's, and Parkinson's diseases.澱粉樣蛋白是致命性腦部疾病的主要元兇，例如阿爾茨海默氏病，亨廷頓氏病和帕金森氏病。 The study which is published in the current issue of Nature Chemical Biology (December 2009), may ultimately contribute to future therapies for these diseases.該研究發表在最新一期的《自然化學生物學》（XNUMX年XNUMX月）上，可能最終會為這些疾病的未來治療做出貢獻。
Amyloid plaques are tightly packed sheets of proteins that infiltrate the brain.澱粉樣蛋白斑塊是緊密堆積的蛋白質片，滲透到大腦中。 These stable and seemingly impenetrable plaques fill nerve cells or wrap around brain tissues and finally (as in the case of Alzheimer's) suffocate vital neurons or brain cells, causing loss of memory, language, motor function and eventually premature death.這些穩定且看似無法穿透的斑塊填充神經細胞或包裹腦組織，最後（如阿爾茨海默氏病）窒息重要的神經元或腦細胞，導致記憶力，語言，運動功能喪失，並最終過早死亡。