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Walnut

Walnut (Juglans regia)

Composition

Walnuts contain daucosterol.

Healing Properties

Antibiotic

Antibacterial

Brain Health

Powerful antioxidant.

Cognition

Improves learning and memory functions.[1]

Neuroprotective

Improvings neuronal dysfunctions of the brain.

Walnut Meal Protein protects against neurotoxicity.

Alleviates oxidative stress by suppressing the release of pro-inflammatory cytokines in the brain.

Reverses cholinergic dysfunction.[2]

Disease / Symptom Treatment

Infections

Walnut oil can work synergistically with antibiotics to work against resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains in vitro.

Neurodegenerative Diseases

Alzheimer’s

Reverses cholinergic dysfunction.[2:1]

Parkinson’s

Reverses cholinergic dysfunction.[2:2]

Huntington’s Disease

Reverses cholinergic dysfunction.[2:3]

Psychiatric disorders

Schizophrenia

Reverses cholinergic dysfunction.[2:4]


  1. Title: Walnut Protein Hydrolysates Play a Protective Roleon Neurotoxicity Induced by D-Galactose and Aluminum Chloride in Mice
    Publication: Molecules - MDPI
    Archive: archive ↩︎

  2. Title: Cholinergic system dysfunction and neurodegenerative diseases: cause or effect?
    Publication: CNS & Neurological Disorders - Drug Targets ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎