Recent research has exposed its beneficial effects on pathological conditions associated with chronic inflammation, some specific types of cancer, cardiovascular diseases, degenerative joint diseases, and neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.[274, 275] In vitro and structure‐function studies into oleocanthal's ability to inhibit filament formation using tau isoform T40 and its corresponding MT‐binding region K18 revealed that oleocanthal prevents tau fibrillation. This evidence concerns the gene MAPT and cancer.