A chemical in apple peel could transform the treatment of multiple sclerosis, research reveals. The compound that gives apple skin its waxy sheen could be turned into the first drug that reverses the devastating damage caused by the disease. In tests on mice, paralysed animals given ursolic acid – also found in pear peels – were able to walk again. The researchers, from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, gave the peel compound to mice in advanced stages of an MS-like disease. And unlike existing drugs, ursolic acid both dials down the immune system and repairs existing damage.

Source: Daily Mail June 14, 2020 23:45 UTC