March 19/San Diego/Perelman School of Medicine -- Antioxidant supplements appear to have no impact on cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers related to Alzheimer's disease, a clinical trial determined.
The combination of vitamin E, vitamin C, and alpha-lipoic acid did not lower levels of the amyloid and tau proteins that make up the plaques and tangles seen in the brain with Alzheimer's disease, Douglas R. Galasko, MD, of the University of California San Diego, and colleagues found.