The effects of catalpol on Alzheimer’s disease: Research advances / 国际药学研究杂志

ABSTRACT

Alzheimer's diseases (AD) is a slowly progressive neurodegenerative disease. The pathogenesis of AD is complex and there is no effective medicine for AD. Catalpol is a kind of iridoid compound, it has neuroprotective, anti-inflammatory and antiaging activities based on cell and animal models of AD. These findings indicate that catalpol may be a potential anti-AD drug. This paper aims to review the advances of catalpol effects on cell and animal models of AD and could provide clue for the research and development of AD drugs.