title: Natural products as a source of Alzheimer's drug leads.
abstract: This review focuses on recent developments in the use of natural products as therapeutics for Alzheimer's disease. The compounds span a diverse array of structural classes and are organized according to their mechanism of action, with the focus primarily on the major hypotheses. Overall, the review discusses more than 180 compounds and summarizes 400 references.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA.
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Analia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sorribas
authors.forename: Melanie-Jayne R
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Howes
mesh_terms: D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000188:drug therapy*; D001688:Biological Products / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D015394:Molecular Structure
chemical_list: D001688:Biological Products