MINNEAPOLIS: The study involved examining zebrafish that were fed a diet deficient in vitamin E throughout their lives.
Zebrafish deficient in vitamin E were found to have around 30 per cent lower levels of DHA-PC, a component of the cellular membrane of brain cells (neurons). Previous research suggests that low levels of DHA-PC in humans are associated with a higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease.
Additionally, the vitamin E deficient fish also had lower levels of an important group of compounds called lysoPLs – nutrients that are needed to get DHA into the brain as well as for assisting the repair of damaged membranes. LysoPL levels were, on average, 60 per cent lower in the zebrafish deficient in vitamin E…