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ofAlzheimer’s Disease
JaiMalik, SubhashC.Mandal, SunaynaChoudhary,
ShwetaParihar, andMohamedRahamathulla
Abstract
The advancements in the therapeutic world have increased
the average life expectancy of man, thereby causing an
increase in the prevalence of degenerative disorders, especially Alzheimer’s disease. Oxidative stress, mutation in
presenilin (PSEN) genes (PSEN1 and PSEN2), inammation, mitochondrial and neurovascular dysfunction, and
calcium dysregulation are some of the other prominent
causes of AD.Despite advancements in therapeutics, drug
development for a safe and effective therapeutic regimen
for AD has been challenging because of the high failure
rate. During the last three decades, only six drugs (four
acetylcholinesterase inhibitors, one NMDA antagonistmemantine, and one antibody-based drug-aducanumab)
have been approved for AD by US FDA. The complex
pathophysiology of this disease necessitates using medicines that can act on several targets at once. Mother
Nature has proved herself from time to time incurring
various illnesses, which is conrmed by the scientic literature. Various herbal drugs across the world have shown
benecial effects in AD patients either by improving the
symptoms or by modifying the disease. The present chapter overviews some of the important and widely studied
plants and their constituents against AD.
J. Malik (*) · S. Parihar
Department of Pharmacognosy, University Institute of
Pharmaceutical Sciences—UGC Centre of Advanced Study,
Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
e-mail: jmalik@pu.ac.in
S. C. Mandal
Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy Research Laboratory, Division
of Pharmacognosy, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology,
Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
S. Choudhary
Department of Pharmacognosy, M.M.College of Pharmacy, M.M.
(Deemed to be University), Mullana, Ambala, Haryana, India
M. Rahamathulla
Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, King Khalid
University, Abha, Saudi Arabia
Keywords
Alzheimer’s disease · Neurodegenerative disorders ·
Curcumin · Huperzine A · Ginsenosides · Resveratrol ·
Withanolides · Berberine
1 Introduction
The advancements in the therapeutic world have increased
the average life expectancy of man, thereby causing an
increase in the prevalence of degenerative disorders, especially neurodegenerative disorders. Alzheimer’s disease
(AD) is among the most prevalent neurological conditions in
geriatric population. Despite advancements in therapeutics,
the drug development for a safe and an effective therapeutic
regimen for AD has been challenging because of the high
(almost 100%) failure rate. During the last three decades,
more than 800 drugs have been approved by USFDA for different disorders, and only six drugs (four acetylcholinesterase inhibitors, one NMDA antagonist-memantine, and one
antibody-based drug-aducanumab) have been approved for
AD.Very recently, a controversial accelerated FDA approval
has been given to another monoclonal antibody drug lecanemab for AD.Amongst these, tacrine and memantine are
no longer marketed. Furthermore, according to an estimate,
there has been a staggering 150% increase in AD cases in the
last three decades, and by 2050, there will be more than 130
million AD patients worldwide [1]. At present in the US,
about one in nine persons of age 65 or above has AD type
dementia [2]. Thus, due to very limited number of drugs
available in the market and compelling increase in the AD
cases across the globe, there is a dire need for newer, effective and safe drugs for AD.It is not only the number of AD
patients, but also the socio-economic impact of the disease
that has made AD more atrocious. The overall annual cost of
dementia treatment has been estimated to be a stunning gure of USD1.3 trillion, with more than 300 billion USD
spent in the US only [2].
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The work done to understand the pathophysiology of AD
has shown multiple pathways involved in its development.
This multi-pathway nature of the disease is also one of the
major reasons for high failure rate in the drug discovery for
the disease. Amongst major reasons, (1) formation and deposition of Aβ plaques, (2) neurobrillary tangles (NFTs)
formed by tau proteins hyperphosphorylation, and (3) cholinergic decits in the memory controlling parts (cerebral
cortex, hippocampus) of the brain are considered as mainstay for the disease development (Fig.1).
Oxidative stress, mutation in presenilin (PSEN) genes
(PSEN1 and PSEN2), inammation, mitochondrial and
neurovascular dysfunction, and calcium dysregulation are
some of the other prominent causes of AD.Synaptic dysfunction/degeneration is also emerging as one of the prominent causes of AD development [3]. Due to better
understanding of pathophysiology of AD, last two decades
have observed a paradigm shift in the drug discovery for
AD, from the agents giving symptomatic relief to disease
modifying agents. Around 53% of the total drugs went
under clinical trials for AD in 2019 were disease modifying
agents [4], and this gure increased to 83% in 2021 [5] and
2022 [6]. Approval of aducanumab and lecanemab, two
monoclonal antibody- based drugs, are the result of this
paradigm shift. Herbal drugs and their constituents due to
their multifarious effects and their effects on different
molecular markers of the disease, have also emerged as
promising candidates for drug development of AD.Various
herbal drugs across the world have shown benecial effects
in AD patients either by improving the symptoms or by
modifying the disease. It all started with physostigmine, an
alkaloid from Physostigma venenosum (Leguminosae), that
exhibited a potent acetylcholinesterase inhibitory activity
which was benecial in AD type dementia. Later in 2000,
its semisynthetic and more potent derivative, Rivastigmine
was approved by US-FDA for AD.In the following year,
2001, another alkaloid, Galantamine obtained from
Galanthus nivalis (Amaryllidaceae) was also approved by
FDA due to its acetylcholinesterase inhibitory activity
(Fig. 2). Since then, various herbal drugs, their preparations, and isolated chemical compounds have shown their
efcacy against AD.The present chapter reviews some of
the important and widely studied plants along with their
constituents against AD.
Fig. 1 Pathological pathway of Alzheimer’s disease

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Fig. 2 Various compounds
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2 Plants withBenecial Eects inAD
2.1 Huperzia serrata (Thunb. Ex
Murray)Trev
H. serrata (syn. Lycopodium serratum Thunb. ex Murray),
belonging to the family Huperziaceae, has been used in
Traditional Chinese Medicine since ages under the name
‘Quian Ceng Ta’, for its benecial effects on CNS, in inammation and pain [7]. The plant has a world-wide distribution
ranging from central America to Eastern, Southern or
South- east Asia. The plant is known for its alkaloids that are
classied (based on their structural properties) into four categories, viz., fawcettimine-type, lycodine-type, lycopodinetype, and miscellaneous-type. Among various constituents
present in H. serrata, Huperzine A (HupA, Fig.2) is considered the most important constituent because majority of its
biological activities have been attributed to this compound
[8]. HupA was rst isolated in 1986, and since then, it is
amongst the most comprehensively studied natural molecules [9, 10]. At present, it has been approved for AD treatment in China and is available as a dietary supplement in the
US [11].
HupA is an unsaturated lycodine type sesquiterpene alkaloid, which is optically active and occurs as (−)-HupA or
L-HupA in nature. This isomer is biologically active and
more potent than (+)-HupA or D-HupA, while the potency of
the racemic mixture lies between the two [12]. HupA came
into the picture because of its potent, specic, and reversible
acetylcholinesterase inhibitory (AChEI) activity which was
even more than the approved drugs (tacrine, galantamine,
donepezil, and rivastigmine) [11, 13, 14]. The AChEI activity of HupA causes accumulation of acetylcholine (ACh)
which acts through α7nAChRs and α4β2nAChRs receptors modulating neural stem cells function via mitogen-
activated protein kinases/extracellular signal-regulated
kinases (MAPK/ERK) pathway, that eventually exhibits
neuroprotective and neurogenetic action [15]. It has also
been observed that globular tetramer of acetylcholinesterase
forms a stable complex with amyloid beta (Aβ) peptides,
thereby increasing the aggregation and plaque formation in
brain [16, 17]. HupAdose-dependently also prevented this
aggregation by its AChEI activity when studied in various
transgenic animal models [18]. Inhibition of wingless-related
integration site (Wnt) signaling increases tau phosphorylation and Aβ accumulation, thereby causing cognitive decline
[19]. HupA inhibits the glycogen synthase kinase-3β
(GSK3β), thereby stimulating the Wnt signaling which helps
in inhibiting the tau phosphorylation and Aβ accumulation
by promoting non-amyloidogenic pathway [20]. Besides
inhibiting the AChE activity, Aβ accumulation and tau hyperphosphorylation, HupA also promotes synaptotagmin
expression causing the increased release of neurotransmitters (especially ACh) in the synaptic region from synaptic
vesicles through the opening of vesicle pores [21]. This
increase in ACh levels and NMDA receptor antagonistic
activity also stimulates the brain-derived neurotrophic factor
(BDNF)/tropomyosin receptor kinase B (TrkB) signaling in
HT22 hippocampal cells. Stimulation of this pathway further
stimulates the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/
Aktserine-threonine kinase pathway, as well as rapamycin
(mTOR) signaling route that causes suppression of neuronal
apoptosis and increase the neuronal survival [22]. HupA has
also exhibited benecial effects through non-cholinergic
mechanism, wherein it has shown to mitigate AD-induced
mitochondrial perturbations and oxidative stress [23, 24].
Apart from numerous preclinical ndings, various clinical studies have also revealed the benets of HupA in
improving cognition in AD and vascular dementia patients
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AD patients, exhibited improvement in their cognition and
task switching abilities when evaluated using Mini-Mental
State Exam (MMSE), the AD Assessment Scale-cognitive
subscale (ADASCog) [30]. Another randomized clinical trial
on vascular dementia patients demonstrated similar kind of
results when HupA treated patients were evaluated for their
cognitive abilities using MMSE and Activities of Daily
Living (ADL) tests [29].
2.2 Ginkgo biloba Linn
A member of family Ginkgoaceae is also known as
“Maidenhair tree” due to its resemblance with “Maidenhair
fern” (Adiantum) and a “living fossil” due to its presence on
this planet for the last 200 million years. G. biloba is the only
plant species of its genus. It is indigenous to East Asia
(China, Japan, and Korea) but one can also nd it growing in
European and American continents. The plant is known for
its terpene trilactone compounds, collectively known as
Ginkgolides which consists of diterpene trilactones ginkgolide A, B, C, J, K, L, and M, a sesquiterpene trilactone,
bilobalide, and various avonoids - quercetin, kaempferol,
myricetin, apigenin, isorhamnetin, luteolin, and their glycosides (Fig.3). A standardized commercial extract, EGb 761
(manufactured by Beaufour-Ipsen Pharma, France, and Dr.
Willmar Schwabe Pharmaceuticals, Germany), containing
5–7% ginkgolides and bilobalide (BB), along with22–24%
of avonoids and ginkgolic acids or anacardic acids (<
5ppm, due to their cytotoxic and contact dermatitis properties) has been widely used for studying the effects of the
plant [31, 32].
The efcacy of the G. biloba extract (GBE) against AD
has been reviewed by various groups over the period [33–
36]. Experts have suggested that GBE can have benecial
effects on cognition in the patients that are unresponsive to
the treatment of AChEIs or NMDA receptor antagonists
[37]. GBE has exhibited its benecial effects through multifarious activities on the nervous system (Fig. 4). Various
studies have shown the antioxidant potential of GBE as one
of the major neuroprotective mechanisms. It has shown neuroprotective activity against oxidative stress induced by H2O2
[38], FeSO4 [39], and Aβ [40] in brain cells. The antioxidant
effect exhibited by GBE was mainly due to the upregulation
of the antioxidant enzymes, including glutathione reductase,
catalase, and superoxide dismutase [41]. Subsequently, its
antioxidant potential has also been attributed to the modulation of certain genes [42]. The antioxidant effect of GBE has
been found mainly due to avonoids as inconsistent results
have been observed with different ginkgolides [43]. The
GBE, EGb761, has also shown protection against Aβ, one of
the major hallmarks of AD.It prevents the toxic effects of Aβ
by promoting the action of α-secretase enzyme which promotes non-amyloidogenic pathway (Fig.4) of amyloid precursor proteins, thus inhibiting amyloidogenesis [44]. Free
and high levels of cholesterol have shown to increase the
formation of amyloid plaques by modulating the α-secretase
activity [45]. Depletion in cholesterol levels in brain has
shown to prevent the formation of Aβ [46]. EGb761 has
shown to attenuate the increased free cholesterol levels,
thereby preventing the formation/accumulation of Aβ
plaques [47]. GBE administration has also shown to decrease
levels of Aβ and tau proteins by stimulation of Heat shock
factor (HSF-1) and increasing the expression of HSPs [48].
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Anti-amyloid
Aβ also activates N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors
leading to increased Ca2+ inux causing neuronal toxicity
[49], and also reduces synaptic plasticity by dysregulation of
α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid
(AMPA) receptors [50]. Ginkgolide A inhibits both AMPA
and NMDA receptors, thereby protecting neurons from Aβ
toxicity [51]. Furthermore, ginkgolide A also inhibits the Aβ
induced phosphorylation of c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK)
and prevents the neuronal apoptosis [52]. Ginkgolide A also
prevents the tau protein hyperphosphorylation by activating
phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase (PI3K) and kinase AKT
(AKT) pathway [53], which is responsible for cell survival
and downregulation of apoptotic signals [54]. In another
study, ginkgolide A, bilobalide, and avonoids promoted the
tau protein degradation in the neurons by increasing the
LC3B-II protein expression in tau-transgenic AD mice [55].
Inammation and enhanced levels of platelet activating factor (PAF) have also been implicated in AD. GBE inhibits
neuroinammation by downregulating the LCN2-activated
JAK2/STAT3 signaling pathway and astrocyte proliferation
[56]. In another study, GBE mitigates the lead induced
increase in myeloperoxidase activity, suppresses
TNF-α & IL-6 secretion, and decreases the expression of
NF-κB in mice hippocampus, indicating its anti- inammatory
potential [57]. The extract also attenuated the increased
TNF-α and IL-1β levels and decreased the mRNA expression of NF-κB, p65and Bax, thereby increasing the neuronal
survivability in APP/PS1 double gene-transfected HEK293
(APP/PS1-HEK293) cell line model of AD [58]. According
to the inammation hypothesis of AD, inammasome (“a
cytoplasmic polymeric protein complex that functions as the
platform for Caspase-1 activation and for the maturation of
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inflammatory
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biloba
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apoptotic
Mitochondrial
protective
the pro-inammatory cytokine interleukin-1β”) of NLR family– pyrin domain containing 3 (NLRP3) inammasome has
a vital role in AD pathogenesis [59]. Ginkgolide B decreased
the intracellular pro-inammatory cytokine levels to improve
cognition in SAMP8 mice. Furthermore, ginkgolide B also
deactivated the NLRP3 inammasome through ubiquitination and autophagic degradation [60].
GBE, for its efcacy in AD patients, has also been evaluated in various clinical trials that have been reviewed by various groups highlighting mixed results [43, 61–64]. But a
recent report compiled various pre-clinical and clinical studies since 1980, and suggested that detailed, well planned and
large-scale clinical studies are required to evaluate the benets of long-term GBE treatment on individuals with earlystage AD [65].
2.3 Panax ginseng C.A.Mey
Ginseng of family Araliaceae is a popular immunomodulator
drug whose roots have been used since yesteryears in China,
Japan, Korea, and other East Asian countries for vitality,
antiaging, as general tonic, for strengthening CNS, and other
systems of the body [66–68]. The Genus name Panax, was
given by Charles Linnaeus and is derived from Greek word
‘panacea’ (total healing for all), owing to its wide range of
therapeutic efcacy. At present, Genus Panax contains 11
species spread across around 35 countries [69]. Among
these, Panax ginseng (Korean and Chinese ginseng, both
varieties, white and red) along with P. quinquefolium
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able- raw (extracted from the soil with at least 75% moisture
content); white (4-year-old raw ginseng thinly peeled and
sun-dried with less than 15% moisture); and red (raw ginseng steamed with water and then dried to get 15–18% moisture to increases the storage duration up to 15years) [70].
Ginseng’s pharmacological effects are believed to be due to
its dammarane type triterpenoidal saponin compounds that
are collectively known as ginsenosides. Depending upon the
positioning of sugar moieties, these ginsenosides (Fig.5) can
be categorized into protopanaxadiol type (Ginsenosides Rb1,
Rc, Rb2, Rd., and Rg3) and protopanaxatriol type
(Ginsenosides Rg1, Re, Rg2, and Rh1). Till date, more than
100 ginsenosides have been isolated and identied from different parts of P. ginseng. Ginsenosides Rbl, Rb2, Rc, Rd.,
Rgl, Rg2, and Re are major constituents (75–80% of total
ginsenosides) of fresh, white and red ginsengs, while ginsenosides Rg3, Rg5, and Rg6 are specically found in red ginseng [67, 71].
Ginsenosides have proved themselves as potent biologically active compounds against AD by acting through multiple pathways viz., antioxidant effects [72], modulation of
cholinergic pathway [73], effect on amyloid [74] and tau
proteins [75], anti-inammatory, and antiapoptotic activities [76]. Ginsenosides Rb1, Rb2, Rc, Re, Rg1, and Rg3
have signicantly inhibited AChE and BChE.The order of
activity of different ginsenosides was found to be
Re > Rg3 > Rg1 > Rb1 > Rb2 > Rc for AChE and
Rg3>Rg1>Rb2>Rb1>Re>Rc for BChE [73]. It is well
known that β-secretase (BACE1) is the enzyme that leads to
the formation of Aβ from amyloid precursor proteins.
Various ginsenosides have shown to inhibit this enzyme,
thereby preventing the formation of Aβ [73]. The β-secretase
inhibition by different ginsenosides was in the order of Rc
>Rg1>Rb2>Rb1>Rg3>Re. Another saponin, ginsenoside Rd, improved cognition by decreasing the Aβ levels
via promoting non-amyloidogenic pathway, by upregulating
estrogenic receptor expression, and α-secretase enzyme
activity in ovariectomized rats [77]. It also decreased the
expression of BACE1and showed neuroprotection by stimulating MAPK/ERK and PI3K/AKT pathways. Similar
results were obtained when ginsenoside Rg1 was evaluated
in ovariectomized rats and menopausal women [78, 79]. Aβ
also increases the inow of Ca2+ ions in the neurons causing
stimulation of proteolytic enzymes, production of ROS
leading to neurodegeneration [80]. Ginsenoside Rb1 [81],
Rg1 [82], and Rg2 [76] have shown neuroprotective effect
by mitigating the Aβ induced increase in not only Ca2+ ions,
but also ROS and oxidative stress in the neurons. Ginsenoside
Rg2 not only controlled the Ca+2 ion concentration, but it
also prevented the neuronal apoptosis by activating the
PI3K/AKT pathway [76]. Ginsenoside Rg1 also reduces the
Aβ levels by modulating the activities of α-, β-, and
γ-secretase enzymes which are involved in the production
and degradation of Aβ. It was further found that Rg1 down
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regulates the CDK5 pathway by inhibiting the PPARγ
thereby limiting the β-secretase expression and reduced the
levels of Aβ in the hippocampal neurons [74]. Ginsenoside
Rg1 also exhibited neuronal protection by stimulating protein kinase/c-AMP-response element-binding protein (PKA/
CREB) signaling in the hippocampal region [83]. It also
decreased the levels of hyperphosphorylated tau proteins in
the hippocampus and cortex region of brain by upregulating
PP2A expression and suppressing the GSK-3β signaling
pathway [75], and by altering the gut microbiota [84]. Very
recently, it has been shown that it also combats AD by
restoring mitophagy [85]. Ginsenoside Rg1 has also
improved AD symptoms by synaptic development. It
increases the levels of synaptic formation proteins like
microtubule-associated protein 2 (MAP-2) and synaptophysin [86], and also increases the expression of choline acetyltransferase, thereby improving the ACh levels in synapses
[87]. Furthermore, Chen (2011) [88] improved the absorption and time of onset of action of Rg1 by preparing its nasal
formulation. The results showed that there was a considerable increase in the distribution, transport efciency, and a
signicant decrease in time taken by the compound to reach
brain (fast onset of action). Various preclinical studies of
ginsenoside Rg1 pertaining to its effect against AD have
been reviewed by Liang etal. (2021), [89] while Wu etal.
(2022) [90] have reviewed the mechanistic insights of Rg1
against AD.Ginsenosides Rg1 and Rg2 also decreased the
deposition of Aβ and inuenced the levels of biomarkers
such as hypoxanthine, dihydrosphingosine, and hexadecasphinganine in the hippocampus of AD mice [91]. Studies
have also shown the efcacy of ginsenoside Rg3 against AD
[92, 93]. Ginsenoside Rb1 also prevented the Aβ induced
tau hyperphosphorylation in cortical neurons [81]. Apart
from ginsenosides, gintonin, a lysophosphatidic acid (LPA)
receptor- activating ligand isolated from ginseng, has also
exhibited signicant improvement in cognition in preclinical [94, 95] and clinical studies [96]. Ginseng and ginsenosides have also been found effective clinically in various
clinical trials [97–100], making them a strong contender for
drug development for AD.However, some of the trials have
shown contradictory results wherein no improvement in
cognition of the subjects was recorded [101, 102].
2.4 Resveratrol
(Trans-3,40,5-Trihydroxystilbene)
A natural phenol (stilbene, Fig.6), rst isolated in 1939 from
Veratrum grandiorum, is found in signicant concentrations
in the skin of red grapes and grape wines [103]. It has also
been found in berries (cranberries, strawberries, blueberries,
etc.), nuts, tea, and dark chocolates, though variation in the
concentration is reported. It is found in two isomeric forms,
trans- and cis-, and the former is predominant in nature.
It has shown protective effects against AD through multipathway action by acting on synaptic plasticity, Aβ peptides
and tau proteins by inhibiting GSK3β [104], activating
AMPK (AMP-activated protein kinase) and SIRT1 (silent
information regulator 1) [105], antioxidant action and acting
on PI3K/AKT [105, 106]. Chen etal., (2019) have reviewed
various preclinical studies pertaining to the role of resveratrol in experimental AD models [107]. Synaptic plasticity
plays avital role in normal brain functions such as learning
and memory [108]. Any alteration in the synaptic strength
leads to impairment in the storage and consolidation of the
information. α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA)-type glutamate receptors (AMPARs)
also mediate in maintaining the synaptic plasticity [108]. Aβ
proteins have been found to cause signicant loss of
AMPARs, thereby causing loss of synaptic plasticity and
memory functions in AD [50]. Furthermore, AMPARs also
cause the release and abnormal tau proteins phosphorylation,
another hallmark of AD [109]. Thus, such evidences highlight the role of AMPARs in AD pathophysiology. Resveratrol
activates AMPK and downstream PI3K/AKT signaling leading to increased AMPAR proteins expression, thereby exhibiting neuroprotective action [110, 111].
SIRT1 is a homologue of NAD-dependent deacetylase
sirtuin family and has been found responsible for synaptic
plasticity, dendrite branching, and axon elongation [112].
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Furthermore, SIRT1 also increases the Aβ degradation and
processing of APP through α-secretase, thereby leading to
decreased toxicity and production of Aβ [113]. Furthermore,
resveratrol, through SIRT1, also activates AMPK-PI3K/
AKT signaling pathway to exhibit neuroprotective effects
[114]. Intriguingly, SIRT1 has also been to be associated
with increasing the sensitivity of neurons towards oxidative
damage through IGF-1/IRS-2/Ras/ERK1/2 signaling [115].
Resveratrol has also exhibited direct effects on Aβ by
inhibiting its aggregation and stabilizing its structure [116],
enhancing its clearance through proteasomal degradation
[117]; altering the amyloid brillar intermediates into nontoxic fragments [118]; reducing the length and number of Aβ
brils [119] and reducing the Aβ plaque formation [120]. It
also inhibits β-secretase activity, thereby reducing the formation of pathogenic Aβ. On the contrary, reports have stated
that though it can change the conguration of Aβ oligomer
[121] but it cannot reduce its formation as it has no direct
interaction with β-secretase [117]. It also decreased Aβ
induced rise in the pro-inammatory molecules such as
monocyte chemoattractant protein-1, nitric oxide, interleukins, [122] and nuclear factor-κB [123]. Resveratrol has also
exhibited its protective effects against AD by its anti-tau
action. It signicantly prevented the tau phosphorylation
[124], reduced the levels of phosphorylated tau and inhibited
its aggregation, thereby by preventing tau induced synaptic
loss [125, 126]. Multifarious mechanisms of resveratrol are
summarized in Table1 below.
2.5 Curcuma longa
Curcuma longa (Fam: Zingiberaceae), has been used in
India, Asia and Middle Eastern countries as an important
ingredient of curries and other spicy dishes. C. longa like
other botanical remedies, was rst used as a food ingredient
before it was discovered to have powerful medicinal properties. For centuries, Indian system of medicine has used it
extensively as a pain relieving and anti-inammatory agent,
in the skin ailments like acne, eczema, and other skin infections [132–134]. Among various constituents present in C.
longa, curcumin (1,7-bis [4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl]-1,6heptadiene-3,5-dione, also named diferuloyl-methane) is
considered as most important because majority of its biological activities have been attributed to this compound
[135]. It is a phenolic compound with two ferulic acid moieties attached through their carboxyl groups by an additional
carbon (methane) inbetween (Fig.6). Curcumin was isolated
in 1815 by Vogel and Pelletier for the rst time from the
rhizomes of C. longa. Curcumin and it is derivative bisdemethoxycurcumin are considered to be the most active constituents. But majority of studies have been done keeping
curcumin in focus. It exhibits its protective effects against
AD through its multifarious and multitargeted effect.
Cholinergic, anti-oxidative, anti-amyloid, anti-tau, antiinammatory and anti-apoptotic properties of curcumin have
been found responsible for its benecial effects in
AD.Curcumin inhibits the AChE, maintains the acetylcholine levels and strengthens the cholinergic system. The antiamyloid property of curcumin is an amalgamation of its
ability to inhibit β-secretase enzyme, Aβ oligomerization
and promote the disaggregation of the existing Aβ brils
[136] and destabilization of the Aβ brils [137]. It has also
been found that curcumin stimulates the estrogen receptor β
(ERβ), and this estrogenic action is believed to also contribute towards its β-secretase inhibitory property [138].
Curcumin binds to the Aβ bril at the hydrophobic sites present on the bril and this hydrophobic interaction converts
Table 1 Neuroprotective mechanisms of resveratrol
S.no Molecular target Mechanism Reference
1 SIRT 1 Stimulate its activity
2
3 Tau Prevent its phosphorylation
4 Oxidative markers Antioxidant
5 Inammatory markers
6 Neuronal apoptotic markers Reduce Bax/Bcl ratio
7 AMPK-PI3K/AKT Stimulate this pathway, inhibit m-TOR, increase
Aβ proteins
Increase axon length, dendrite branching and
synaptic plasticity
Increase its degradation
Prevent oligomerization,
Aggregation and formation
Prevent aggregation
Upregulate BAG2
Reduce ROS
Increase endogenous antioxidant levels
Reduce levels of interleukines, NF-κB and NO
Increase levels of protein kinase JNK, PKC
autophagy
Neuroprotection by decreasing Aβ and tau
formation
[112]
[117]
[116, 120]
[124–126]
[127, 128]
[123]
[129–131]
[114]
[111]
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