Extending life substance from algae

Russian scientists from the Institute of Biology Fitz Komi disclosed that Fukoxanthin, a pigment from the brown algae, is a potential tool for the treatment of age-related diseases and extension of life. This is reported on the website “Scientific Russia”.

It is known that fucoxanthine increases the activity of the NRF-2 transcription factor, which, in turn, regulates the activity of genes of antioxidant proteins that protect against oxidative stress that arose due to infection and inflammation.

Researchers have demonstrated that Fukoxanthin extends the lives of two types of invertebrates used as model organisms – Drosophila Melanogaster (fruit flying) and Caenorhabditis Elegans (round worm). In addition, it increased the stress resistance of organisms, that is, survival in adverse environmental conditions.

scientists also investigated other potential means of extension of life, including substances from the group of terpenes (for example, carotenoids) and polyphenols (anthocyans), which are in large quantities in various berries. Although the extracts of arony and cloth berries and clutter slightly increased the life expectancy of model animals when they were not supplied with a pronounced herooprotective action.

Previously, scientists from New Zealand found out that the removal of reproductive organs at Baranov contributes to the extension of life. Experts do not exclude that castration can be radical, but in an effective way to extend the lives of men.

/Media reports.