Affiliations: Institut für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie I, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstr. 1, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany. Tel.: +49 211 811 5358; Fax: +49 211 811 3029; E-mail: polidori@uni-duesseldorf.de | Institut für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie I, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstr. 1, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany Tel.: +49 211 811 5358; Fax: +49 211 811 3029; E-mail: polidori@uni-duesseldorf.de
Abstract: The protective role of antioxidants against the development of several diseases and conditions recognized as risk factors for Alzheimer's disease (AD) is discussed in the present work. A variety of health behaviors, including an adequate supply of antioxidant micronutrients with the diet might help preventing AD directly, or indirectly through the mitigation of pathologic conditions associated with AD, such as vascular disease and diabetes.
