Hong Kong Baptist University

Ju Xian Song

Liang Feng Liu

Hong Jie Zhang

Siva Sundara Kumar Durairajan

Lei Lei Chen

The present invention relates to a composition comprising compound of formula CB6 or CB8, the pharmaceutically-acceptable carrier, solvent, the salts thereof or a combination thereof which is used to treat autophagy-associated diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, etc. The present invention also relates to a method of treating these diseases by administering a therapeutically-effective amount of the compound to the subject in need of the treatment. The present invention further relates to the use of this compound in preparation of the composition to treat the diseases.

Synthesis of autophagy inducing compound and the uses thereof

This invention is in the field of pharmaceuticals, health supplements and chemical industries. In particular, this invention relates a herbal composition that compensates the A&#x3b2; increasing effects of existing treatment, and on the regulatory processing of amyloid-&#x3b2; protein precursor (APP), therefore presenting a significantly more potent treatment for neurodegenerative diseases that does not associate with any &#x3b2;-amyloid increasing effect.

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