Rosemary Helps Prevent Brain Aging, Says Nagase.Tokyo, Japan, Mar 15, 2006 - (JCN JCN Japan Corporate News JCN Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience JCN Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing JCN Journal of Christian Nursing JCN Job Control Number JCN Journal of Child Neurology JCN joint communications network (US DoD) ) - Nagase, a Japanese trading company specializing in chemical products, recently announced its discovery, in collaboration with Kyoto University Kyoto University (京都大学 Kyōto daigaku , that rosemary helps prevent brain aging. Specifically, the two partners elucidated that carnosic acid, which is found in rosemary, substantially stimulates the activity of Nrf2, a kind of transcription factor  This article or section may be confusing or unclear for some readers.Please [improve the article] or discuss this issue on the talk page. , promoting the growth of neuritis neuritis (n  rī`tĭs, ny . A derivative of caffeic acid, one of the rosemary components, also produces similar effects. Furthermore, in experiments on mice, they confirmed that intake of rosemary extract containing a high concentration of carnosic acid helps improve memory. Details of the findings will be presented at the 126th Annual Meeting of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan, to be held March 28-30 in Sendai. Copyright [c] 2006 Japan Corporate News Network. All rights reserved. |
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