Understanding and modulating ageing

IUBMB Life

Volumn 57, Issue 4-5, 2005, Pages 297-304

  Rattan, Suresh I S ^a   Clark, Brian F C ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Age; Anti ageing; Damage; Homeodynamics; Homeostasis; Hormesis; Longevity; Repair; Survival

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BIMOCLOMAL; CELASTROL; CHINESE DRUG; CURCUMIN; DEOXYGLUCOSE; DNA; FREE RADICAL; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYDROXYLAMINE; KINETIN; LIPID; NUCLEIC ACID; NUTRACEUTICAL; POLYPHENOL; PROTEIN; RESVERATROL; SCAVENGER; TRITERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE; AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CANCER MORTALITY; CHINESE MEDICINE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DNA REPAIR; EXERCISE; GENE THERAPY; GERONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH; HERBAL MEDICINE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MEDITATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; RADIATION DOSE; RED WINE; REVIEW; STRESS; SURVIVAL; THROMBOSIS; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL AGING; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; RESEARCH;

EID: 21344466287     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15216540500092195     Document Type: Review

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