Scientists identify six chemicals from plant extracts that can slow down biological aging and boost longevity

by S. Johnson
Natural News

Everybody ages, but not everyone ages equally. The tick of our chronological clock doesn’t always match the tick of our biological clock. And although aging is inevitable, a group of Canadian researchers claim to have discovered the six best natural compounds that can slow down the aging process and boost longevity.

In the recent study, published in the journal Oncotarget, researchers from Concordia and the Quebec-based biotech company Idunn Technologies conducted more than 10,000 trials screening for plant extracts believed to increase the lifespan of yeast.

Yeast is the most common organism studied in anti-aging research. From a cellular viewpoint, yeast ages in a similar way to people. It is one of the best models to understand how aging occurs.

The impact of extracts

“In total, we found six new groups of molecules that decelerate the chronological aging of yeast,” Vladimir Titorenko, senior author of the study and professor in the Department of Biology at Concordia, said in a press release. The extracts were derived from Cimicifuga racemosa, Valeriana officinalis L., Passiflora incarnata L., Ginkgo biloba, Apium graveolens L. and Salix alba.
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