Common household plant could hold key to fighting Alzheimer's disease

A potential weapon against Alzheimer’s disease could be hidden in aloe vera, scientists recently uncovered.

Aloe vera, a rubbery green plant, may be best known for its skin-soothing qualities, but a study published in Current Pharmaceutical Analysis suggests that key chemicals within the plant could interact with enzymes involved in Alzheimer’s disease, hinting at a new approach to disrupting cognitive breakdown.

A chemical messenger in the brain called acetylcholine, which helps nerve cells communicate...