Caloric restriction versus drug therapy to delay the onset of aging diseases and extend life

Age

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-48

  Everitt, Arthur V ^a   Roth, George S ^b   Le Couteur, David G ^a   Hilmer, Sarah N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b GeroScience Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Calorie restriction mimetics; Cardiovascular disease; Cholesterol; Lifespan; Medications

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXY 3 METHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALDOSTERONE; ANGIOTENSINOGEN; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; BIGUANIDE DERIVATIVE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARNOSINE; DEOXYGLUCOSE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FOLIC ACID; GLUCOSE; GROWTH HORMONE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INSULIN; LEVACECARNINE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MELATONIN; METFORMIN; PRASTERONE; RENIN; SELEGILINE; SOMATOMEDIN C; THIOCTIC ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UBIDECARENONE; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

AGING; ARTERITIS; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; INFECTION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESPAN; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL CARE; MORTALITY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; NEPHROSIS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OVERNUTRITION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SITTING; SMOKING; VACCINATION; VASCULAR DISEASE; WEANING;

EID: 33745667035     PISSN: 01619152     EISSN: 15744647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11357-005-3284-4     Document Type: Review

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