Human Longevity : Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Bioenergetics, Molecular Biology, and Evolution Hardback
by Raymond C. (Professor Emeritus, University of California at Davis, USA) Valentine, David L. Valentine
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More than 7 billion people inhabit the earth and all of them are subject to aging.
This book is aimed at persons interested in a molecular explanation of how our cells age.
Human Longevity: Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Bioenergetics, Molecular Biology, and Evolution is built on the proposition that we age as our mitochondria age.
It suggests a revised version of Harman's famous hypothesis featuring mitochondrial oxidative and energy stresses as the root causes of aging.
Human cells are protected from the ravages of aging by a battery of defensive systems including some novel mechanisms against membrane oxidation introduced in this book.
This concept is consistent with recent discoveries showing that mitochondria-targeted antioxidants prevent Huntington's disease, Parkinson's disease, and traumatic brain disease in animal models of neurodegeneration. This book explores a unified theory of aging based on bioenergetics.
It covers a variety of topics including an introduction to the science of human aging, the Darwinian selection of membranes enabling longevity, a revised mitochondrial membrane hypothesis of aging, and various mechanisms that protect human mitochondrial membranes, thereby enabling longevity.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:259 pages, 1 Tables, black and white; 16 Illustrations, color; 41 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication Date:18/09/2014
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- ISBN:9781466594869
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:259 pages, 1 Tables, black and white; 16 Illustrations, color; 41 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication Date:18/09/2014
- Category:
- ISBN:9781466594869