PROANTHOCYANIDINS FOR THE TREATMENT OF AMYLOID AND ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN DISEASES

摘要

A method of treating an amyloid disease, or a disease characterized by .alph a.- synuclein or NAC fibrillogenesis, in a mammalian subject. The method include s administering to the mammal a therapeutically effective amount of a various disclosed proanthocyanidins or a proanthocyanidin characterized by disclosed general formulae. A pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a proanthocyanidin and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient. The therapeutic amount of the proanthocyanidin is selected for efficacy in treating amyloid, .alpha.-synuclein or NAC fibrillogenesis in a mammalian subject.