Cotton will help in the fight against Alzheimer's disease

China has begun clinical trials of a new drug that is based on flavonoids cotton and designed to combat Alzheimer's disease.

According to "Xinhua", scientists Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences began their studies in 2003 and on the eve of the new year announced that the results were successful. In preliminary experiments, isolated from cotton flavonoids - compounds responsible including plant metabolism, - improved the memory of laboratory mice and prevented the aging process of the body.

Scientists have identified 20 of flavonoids contained in the flowers of cotton, and based on them a drug that can help in small doses to get rid of the symptoms of Alzheimer's. The contract signed with the Institute has one of the pharmaceutical companies have now begun clinical trials of the drug. According to news, Xinjiang is one of the largest suppliers of cotton in China. Before improving properties were found petal flowers of cotton, they were destroyed. After the results of studies flowers were sold on the market at the price of 15 yuan (about 2.3 US dollars) per kilogram