Icariin and its derivative icariside II extend healthspan via insulin/IGF-1 pathway in C. elegans

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Cai, Wai Jiao ^a,b   Huang, Jian Hua ^a   Zhang, Su Qin ^a,c   Wu, Bin ^a   Kapahi, Pankaj ^b   Zhang, Xin Min ^a   Shen, Zi Yin ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING   (United States)

^c HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAVONE DERIVATIVE; HEAT SHOCK TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; ICARIIN; ICARISIDE II; INSULIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DAF 16; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; FLAVONOID; ICARISID II;

AGING; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LIFE EXTENSION; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; LONGEVITY; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; FLAVONOIDS; INSULIN; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LONGEVITY;

EID: 83755186160     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028835     Document Type: Article

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