INHIBITOR AND THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR BRAIN AGING

摘要

A medicament which can eliminate problems of the prior art and can inhibit and cure brain aging attributable to Alzheimer's disease and the like. It is characterized by containing as the active ingredient an organogermanium compound represented by general formula (1) wherein R1 to R3 represent each a hydrogen atom or may be the same or different and represent each a lower alkyl group such as a methyl or ethyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group; X represents a hydroxyl group, an O-lower alkyl group, an amino group, or a salt represented by OY wherein Y represents a metal such as sodium or potassium, or a compound having a basic group, such as lysozyme or basic amino acid.