Anti-amyloidogenic activity of S-allyl-l-cysteine and its activity to destabilize Alzheimer's β-amyloid fibrils in vitro

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 429, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 75-80

  Gupta, Veer Bala ^a   Rao, K S J ^a  

^a CENTRAL FOOD TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Amyloid beta; S Allyl l cysteine

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; ORGANOSULFUR DERIVATIVE; S ALLYLCYSTEINE; THIOFLAVINE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COGNITION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; FLUORESCENCE; GARLIC; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SENILE PLAQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; ANTIOXIDANTS; CYSTEINE; HUMANS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; THIAZOLES;

EID: 36348958392     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.09.042     Document Type: Article

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