University of Malta https://refractor.io/tag/university-of-malta/ University of Malta en-AU Tue, 10 Jan 2017 00:31:52 GMT Plaque-busting plants take on Alzheimer's and Parkinson's https://refractor.io/brain/alzheimers-dementia/plaque-busting-plants-take-on-alzheimers-and-parkinsons/ Believed by some to be a hangover cure, prickly pear extract may soon play a more significant role in helping Alzheimer's and Parkinson's patients as well

The fight against the debilitating effects of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases may have just gotten a new weapon from both a land-based and sea-based plant in the Mediterranean basin. Researchers at the University of Malta (UM) have found that an extract from the prickly pear cactus and brown seaweed known as peacock's tail – which both grow in the region – might help disrupt a key process in which both diseases take hold.

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