Skin aging and oxidative stress: Equol's anti-aging effects via biochemical and molecular mechanisms

Ageing Research Reviews

Volumn 31, Issue , 2016, Pages 36-54

  Lephart, Edwin D ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti aging; Antioxidant; Equol; Free radicals; Human skin; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COLLAGEN; DAIDZEIN; DNA; ELASTASE; ELASTIN; EQUOL; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FREE RADICAL; GENISTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; ISOFLAVONOID; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; OXYGEN; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RESVERATROL; STEROID; STEROID HORMONE; STEROID RECEPTOR; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRF2; PHYTOESTROGEN;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; AGING; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CELL GROWTH; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHRONOLOGY; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; DETOXIFICATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG PENETRATION; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENETICS; HEALTH; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; ISOMERISM; LIPOPHILICITY; MECHANORECEPTOR; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOAGING; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; REVIEW; SKIN; SKIN ABSORPTION; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN FUNCTION; SKIN PENETRATION; TISSUE REPAIR; TUMOR CELL; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANTIOXIDANTS; EQUOL; HUMANS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN; PHYTOESTROGENS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN; SKIN AGING;

EID: 84988420056     PISSN: 15681637     EISSN: 18729649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2016.08.001     Document Type: Review

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