Research progress on mechanism of delaying senility of Chinese materia medica in recent years / 中国中药杂志

ABSTRACT

Recently investigating mechanisms on delaying aging of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and discovering high effective related medicines have been become hot spot and have achieved some progress. This review comprehensively analyzed the mechanism of TCM on delaying senility in recent years. The modern researches have demonstrated that Chinese materia medica and compound formulas can retard aging process by anti-oxidant activity of free radical, modulating metabolism of neuroendocrine, balancing immunological function, prolonging telomere length and promoting telomerase activity in cells, anti-DNA damage of cells, and controlling expression of gene and protein involved in cell proliferation.