Soy helps to reverse age- and scopolamine-induced memory

in a study of "Soybean supplementation helps reverse age- and scopolamine-induced memory deficits in mice" by Bansal N, Parle M. (Source: Pharmacology Division, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar, India. nitindsp@rediffmail.com, J Med Food. 2010 Dec;13(6):1293-300. Epub 2010 Oct 18(, posted in

US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health, researchers found that soybean administration also resulted in diminished brain AChE activity, decrease in brain TBARS, and increase in GSH levels, thereby indicating facilitated cholinergic transmission, reduced free radical generation, and enhanced scavenging of free radicals. Thus, soybean appears to be a useful remedy for improving memory and for the management of cognitive deficits owing to its pro-estrogenic, antioxidant, procholinergic, and/or neuroprotective properties.