Researchers at Oregon State University discovered that doses of xanthohumol,
a flavonoid found in hops, improved memory and thinking in a lucky
group of mice. Flavonoids are a class of compounds present in plants,
known to have numerous health benefits. Last year, researchers
discovered that a flavonoid found in celery and artichokes could
potentially fight pancreatic cancer.The
researchers treated the mice with dietary supplements of xanthohumol
over the course of eight weeks. Their goal was to
determine if xanthohumol could affect palmitoylation,
a naturally occurring process in animals (including humans) that’s
associated with memory degradation. The mice then went through a series
of tests—including the popular Morris water maze—to
gauge whether or not the treatments had improved their spatial memory
and cognitive flexibility. For the younger mice in the group, it
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