Abstract..............................................................................................................265 16.1 Antioxidant Actions of Nicotine and the Scavenging Effect of

Nicotine on Oxygen Free Radicals..........................................................266 16.2 Nicotine Inhibits β-Amyloidosis .............................................................267 16.3 Nicotine Breaks Down Preformed Alzheimer’s Amyloid β Fibrils ........268 16.4 Nicotine Protects Hippocampal Neuronal Cells against

Aβ-Induced Apoptosis .............................................................................269 16.5 Chronic Nicotine Treatment Reduces β-Amyloidosis in the

Brain of a Mouse Model with Alzheimer’s Disease................................271 16.6 Conclusion ...............................................................................................272 References .........................................................................................................272