Nutrition
Carnosine fights brain disease
By Ben Wasserman
Sep 22, 2008 - 4:58:40 PM

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Monday Sep 22, 2008 (foodconsumer.org) -- Chinese scientists reviewed studies and said carnosine or beta-alanyl-L-histidine found in animal tissue such as brain and skeletal muscle tissue can help fight many disease of central nervous system including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and cerebral ischemic diseases.

The authors said carnosine is a potent hydrophilic antioxidant, anti-glycating agent and reactive oxygen species scavenger and pH-buffer.

The review titled Carnosine and diseases of central nervous system was conducted by Shen Y, Hu WW, and Chen Z. at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China and published in March 2007 issue of Zhejiang Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban.