Method to ameliorate oxidative stress and improve working memory via pterostilbene administration
View Patent ↗Disclosed is a pharmaceutical composition for treating oxidative stress comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a substantially pure compound of pterostilbene and a physiologically acceptable carrier. Pterostilbene is administered in an amount between about 2.5 mg to about 10 mg per kilogram of subject body weight. Also disclosed is a method for increasing a working memory of a subject, the method comprising administrating an effective amount of a substantially pure compound of pterostilbene, wherein the working memory for a subject increase and the therapeutic effectiveness is about 10 mg of pterostilbene per kilogram of subject body weight.
1. A method for increasing the working memory of a subject, the method comprising administrating to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of isolated or purified pterostilbene, wherein the working memory for the subject is increased.
2. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein the effective amount of isolated or purified pterostilbene is about 10 mg of compound per kilogram of subject body weight.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein the effective amount of isolated or purified pterostilbene is an amount about 2.5 mg to about 10 mg of compound per kilogram of subject body weight.