Grape Seed Extract May Lessen Cognitive Decline Associated with Alzheimer’s Disease

Medinews: "A compound found in grape seed extract has been found to reduce plaque formation resulting cognitive impairment in an animal model of Alzheimer’s disease.

The study was published in the June 18, 2008, issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. Lead study author Giulio Pasinetti, M.D., Ph.D., from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine (New York, NY, USA) and colleagues discovered that grape seed extract prevents amyloid beta accumulation in cells, suggesting it may block the formation of plaques. In Alzheimer’s disease, amyloid beta accumulates to form toxic plaques that disrupt normal brain function."