Frailty and Caenorhabditis elegans as a Benchtop Animal Model for Screening Drugs Including Natural Herbs

Caenorhabditis elegans has been used in research for years to clarify the genetic cascades and molecular mechanisms of aging, longevity, and health span. Health span is closely related to frailty; however, frailty has a different concept and is evaluated using various parameters in humans, such as F...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Nutrition
Main Author:	Katsuyoshi Matsunami
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-11-01
Subjects:	frailty Caenorhabditis elegans drug screening natural herbs model animal
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnut.2018.00111/full