Herbal Drugs Used In Treatment Of Alzimer’s Disease

[摘要] Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease leading to a gradual and irreversible loss of memory, linguistic skills, and perception of time and space, thinking, and behavior. Food habits, Dietary pattern has been presented as a contributor to the incidence of Alzheimer’s. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia worldwide, with the prevalence continuing to grow in part because of the aging world population. Some Food and Drug Administration-approved drugs are available for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, the outcomes are often unsatisfactory, and there is a place for alternative medicine, in particular, herbal medicine. This paper reviews for the how food habits act as one cause for Alzheimer’s disease & the clinical effects of a number of commonly used types of herbal remedies/medicines for the treatment of AD.

[学科分类] 药学

[关键词] Alzheimer’s disease;dementia;amyloid;food habits;herbal remedies.