While fisetin has antioxidant properties, which can help curb cell damage caused by free radicals, one of the most dramatic ways it impacts your health is targeted toward your brain, as studies indicate it can help prevent Alzheimer’s and other age-related neurodegenerative diseases.
According to Forbes, Pamela Maher, senior staff scientist at the Cellular Neurobiology Laboratory at the Salk Cellular Neurobiology Laboratory, called fisetin a “novel neuroprotective and cognitione-enhancing molecule.” She and her colleagues spent 10 years conducting studies on fisetin to find additional brain benefits as well as benefits for other areas of the body.
According to the study, some of the ways fisetin impacts your brain health is that it helps protect against damage due to injury and degeneration from aging, and also improves your memory while working with other compounds, activating nerve cells and increasing the defense systems throughout your brain and body.
