Cheers!
๐๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ก๐ข๐๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ณ๐ก๐๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ซโ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐๐ข๐ง
๐ฝ๐๐๐ง ๐๐จ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ค๐ก๐๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ข๐ค๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐ค๐ฅ๐ช๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ก๐, ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ก๐ ๐ก๐ค๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐จ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ, ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐จ ๐ช๐จ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ค๐ง ๐๐ฉ๐จ ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฎ ๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐จ. ๐ฝ๐ช๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ก๐ฎ โ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฎโ ๐๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ช๐ฃ๐๐ฆ๐ช๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐จ. ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ง๐๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐๐ก๐๐จ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ผ๐พ๐ ๐พ๐๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐ช๐ง๐ค๐จ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ก๐จ ๐๐ญ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐๐ค๐ฅ ๐๐ก๐ค๐ฌ๐๐ง๐จ ๐๐๐ฃ, ๐๐ฃ ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐จ๐๐๐จ, ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ช๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ก๐ค๐๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐จ, ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ผ๐ก๐ฏ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐งโ๐จ ๐๐๐จ๐๐๐จ๐ (๐ผ๐ฟ).
Beer is one of the oldest and most popular beverages in the world, with some people loving and others hating the distinct, bitter taste of the hops used to flavor its many varieties. But an especially โhoppyโ brew might have unique health benefits. Recent research published in ACS Chemical Neuroscience reports that chemicals extracted from hop flowers can, in lab dishes, inhibit the clumping of amyloid beta proteins, which is associated with Alzheimerโs disease (AD).
AD is a debilitating neurodegenerative disease, often marked by memory loss and personality changes in older adults. Part of the difficulty in treating the disease is the time lag between the start of underlying biochemical processes and the onset of symptoms, with several years separating them. This means that irreversible damage to the nervous system occurs before one even realizes they may have the disease. Accordingly, preventative strategies and therapeutics that can intervene before symptoms appear are of increasing interest.
One of these strategies involves โnutraceuticals,โ or foods that have some type of medicinal or nutritional function. The hop flowers used to flavor beers have been explored as one of these potential nutraceuticals, with previous studies suggesting that the plant could interfere with the accumulation of amyloid beta proteins associated with AD. So, Cristina Airoldi, Alessandro Palmioli and colleagues wanted to investigate which chemical compounds in hops had this effect.