Morinda citrifolia mitigates rotenone-induced striatal neuronal loss in male Sprague-Dawley rats by preventing mitochondrial pathway of intrinsic apoptosis.

Redox Rep. 2017 Nov;22(6):418-429.
Morinda citrifolia mitigates rotenone-induced striatal neuronal loss in male Sprague-Dawley rats by preventing mitochondrial pathway of intrinsic apoptosis.
Kishore Kumar SN, Deepthy J, Saraswathi U, Thangarajeswari M, Yogesh Kanna S, Ezhil P, Kalaiselvi P.

Noni may be useful for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Parkinson’s Disease, as indicated the by the cellular protective effect of noni extract and its ability to alleviate rotenone-induced dopaminergic neuronal loss. (original abstract available at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27882828).