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Carnosine and Extending
Healthful Life
"Carnosine
can delay 'aging] and provoke cellular rejuvenation...
"...L-Carnosine
has beneficial effects on cultured human fibroblasts 'a cell producing
collagen fibres in connective tissue]...
"Skeletal
muscles undergo specific alterations that are related to the aging process
including incidence of several...diseases (e.g....lateral sclerosis,
myasthenia gravis, drug-related illnesses etc.) The increased sensitivity to
disease of aging muscle represents an additional age-related negative
influence in the presence of existing risk factors 'such as a genetic
disposition.]...The potential significance of carnosine lies on the one hand
its possible influence on specific...changes in muscle associated with the
aging process, and on the other in its effect of 'reducing] oxidative
stress...
"Carnosine is an endogenous
'contained naturally in our bodies] free-radical scavenger. 'It also helps
to maintain cellular balance]. It inhibits amyloid-a Parkinson-related
chemical...Also,
carnosine seems to
delay senile cataract and other age-related diseases.
"Therefore, carnosine may be applied to human being's] as a drug against
aging.* Emphases Added.
Following
is a list of sources: Biogerontology, Mechanics of Ageing Devel., Molecular
Cell Bio., J. of Agri. & Food Chem., J. of Bio. Chemistry, ad infinitem.
*Yes,
mentioned as a drug. However, it has not shown any side effects. It is
obtained from animal muscle.
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