Saturday, October 3, 2015

other nutrients in PD for mitochondria, melatonin

Melatonin doesn't just improve sleep, but has a lot of neuroprotective effects.  They say it may be that P does not reduce ability to produce melatonin, but PD decreases the number of melatonin receptors.

https://www.chronobiology.com/parkinsons-disease-and-sleep-disorders-can-melatonin-help/

Melatonin  helps  mitochondria complex 1
Here's another article on melatonin, but also has a list of chemicals that work in animal models of PD. This list aimed at better mitochondrial function, but also most of them have other effects like iron-chelating, antioxidant, and preventing protein misfolding.

http://www.intechopen.com/books/a-synopsis-of-parkinson-s-disease/melatonin-in-parkinson-s-disease

Acetyl-L-carnitine
 Aspirin
(acetylsalicylic acid)
 creatine
Caffeine
Creatine
Curcumin
(–)-Epigallocatechin gallate
(EGCG)
(R)-Lipoic acid
Melatonin
MLT)
(–)-Nicotine
Nicotinamide
Resveratrol
Riluzole

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