Therapeutic Potentials of Curcumin for Alzheimer Disease

Akhlaq A. Farooqui is a leader in the field of signal transduction processes, lipid mediators, phospholipases A2, glutamate neurotoxicity, phytochemicals and human health and neurological disorders. He has published cutting edge research on the role of phospholipases A2 in signal transduction processes, generation and identification of lipid mediators during neurodegeneration by lipidomics and has studied the involvement of glycerophospholipid, sphingolipid and cholesterol-derived lipid mediators in kainic acid neurotoxicity, an experimental model of neurodegenerative diseases.

• Preface.- Effect of long term consumption of high calorie diet and calorie restriction on human health.- Neurochemical effects of long term consumption of high fat diet.- Neurochemical effects of long term consumption of simple carbohydrates.- Effects of long term consumption of animal proteins in the high calorie diet.- Effect of soft drink consumption on human health.- Contribution of salt in inducing biochemical changes in the brain.- Importance and roles of fiber in the diet.- Effects of the high calorie diet on the development of chronic visceral disease.- Effects of long term consumption of high calorie diet on neurological disorders.- Perspective and direction for future research: modification of high calorie diet needed for optimal health of human visceral and brain tissues.- Index.