Longevity depends on a balance between proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory factors: Use of Tcms and natural products

Current Drug Discovery Technologies

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-21

  Lien, Eric Jung Chi ^a   Lien, Linda Lin Min ^a   Wang, Jeffrey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory load; Graceful maturing; Longevity promotion; Proinflammatory load

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADRENALIN; ANTIOXIDANT; ARACHIDONIC ACID; ASCORBIC ACID; BUTANE; CHONDROITIN SULFATE; CORTICOSTEROID; DIPHENYLDIMETHYLBUTANE; ELLAGIC ACID; ELLAGITANNIN; ENTEROLACTONE; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; GLUCOSAMINE; HISTAMINE; LIGNAN; LIGNAN DERIVATIVE; LINOLENIC ACID; NATURAL PRODUCT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; POLYSACCHARIDE; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHINESE HERB; DEGENERATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EXERCISE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; GRAIN; HEALTH FOOD; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; LIFESTYLE; LONGEVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOYBEAN; SPORT INJURY; VEGETABLE;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; LONGEVITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77951761993     PISSN: 15701638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157016310791162758     Document Type: Article

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