Researcher identifies safer alternatives for Alzheimer’s treatment

A Nigerian researcher, Isreal Onifade, has identified plant compounds that could help in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.

Onifade’s study found that certain plant alkaloids can block β-secretase, an enzyme linked to the buildup of harmful plaques in the brain.

These plaques, he said in a statement he signed on Wednesday, are a major cause of memory loss and cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s patients.

“Several complex cascades of…