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Published online 30 March 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040329-3
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Liquorice extract sweetens old age
Carbenoxolone could aid verbal memory.
A drug derived from liquorice may boost brain function and slow age-related memory loss, research suggests. Carbenoxolone, which is traditionally used to soothe ulcers, improves mental functioning in healthy elderly men and cognitively impaired diabetic patients.
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