Pharmacological classes that extend lifespan of Caenorhabditis elegans

Recent progress in the field of aging has resulted in ever increasing numbers of compounds that extend lifespan in C. elegans. Lifespan extending compounds include metabolites and synthetic compounds, as well as natural products. For many of these compounds, mammalian pharmacology is known, and for...

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Main Authors: Maria eCarretero, Rafael L. Gomez-Amaro, Michael ePetrascheck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fgene.2015.00077/full