in this study, we examined the antioxidant activities of methanolic extract of three endemic species of salvia from iran (s. lachnocalyx, s. reuterana and s. sahendica) employing various established in vitro systems including ferric reducing antioxidant power, trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity assay and scavenging of 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl radical. the results revealed that s. reute...

Aging is the progressive accumulation of damage to an organism over time leading to disease and death. Aging research has been very intensive in the last years aiming at characterizing the pathophysiology of aging and finding possibilities to fight age-related diseases. Various theories of aging have been proposed. In the last years advanced glycation end products (AGEs) have received particula...

OBJECTIVES This study was conducted to assess whether formula-fed infants had increased skin advanced glycation end-products compared with breastfed ones. We also evaluated the effect of maternal smoke during pregnancy and lactation on infant skin advanced glycation end-products accumulation. METHODS Advanced glycation end-product-linked skin autofluorescence was measured in 101 infants. RE...

Patients with diabetes mellitus are at increased risk of restenosis after coronary artery stenting. Chronic hyperglycemia is associated with advanced glycation end products excessive production. There are data that in-stent restenosis in patients with diabetes mellitus may be related to plasma level of advanced glycation end products. One of the reasons for this is that protein glycation by alt...