Life extension by anti-aging drugs: Hormetic explanation?

American Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-15

  Vaiserman, A M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Anti aging; Geroprotectors; Hormesis; Longevity

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; EMOXIPIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; ESTROGEN; HORMONE; MELATONIN; PENICILLIN G; PHYTOESTROGEN; RETINOL; SELENIUM; STREPTOMYCIN; VITAMIN;

AGING; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BRAIN DISEASE; BREAST CANCER; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CATARACT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; EARLY INTERVENTION; HEART DISEASE; HORMESIS; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HYPERVITAMINOSIS; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTECTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SENESCENCE; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 52949150745     PISSN: 15574962     EISSN: 15574970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajptsp.2008.14.18     Document Type: Review

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