One study suggests that low blood levels of vitamin D may increase risk for cognitive decline, while another study shows that consuming a diet rich in the antioxidant powerhouse vitamin E may help reduce the risk for dementia, including Alzheimer's disease.
Deoxyribose is a pentose sugar important in the formation of DNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid. Deoxyribose is a key building block of DNA. Its chemical structure allows for the replication of cells in DNA's double helix configuration. Deoxyribose contains 5 carbon atoms that are arranged to form the sugar's pentagonal shape.
deoxyribose sugars, which are bonded to a phosphate group and a nitrogenous base. Very useful little critters, they are basically a nitrogenous base, a five-carbon sugar, and one to three phosphate groups (mono-to tri-phosphate).