Document Type
Article
Publication Date
March 2021
Patent Number
10946056
Abstract
A method of slowing progression of an amyloid disease by administration of cactus mucilage extract from Opuntia ficus-indicia is presented. Both gelling and non-gelling cactus mucilage extracts were found to induce changes in the secondary structures of the amyloid beta peptides thus interfering with formation of Aβ fibrils and aggregation of Aβ fibrils into plaques.
Application Number
16/502850
Recommended Citation
Alcantar, Norma A.; Morgan, David; Veisi, Zeinab; Breydo, Leonid; Uversky, Vladimir N.; Toomey, Ryan G.; Peng, Tunan; and Lobbens, Eva Stephanie, "Inhibition of formation of amyloid b-protein fibrils using cactus mucilage extracts" (2021). USF Patents. 1235.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_patents/1235
Assignees
University of South Florida
Filing Date
07/03/2019
