Marina T Alamanou
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Time will explain (while the longevity industry is making money)
“Elizabeth! Very well. Time will explain.” That is a quote from Jane Austen’s last novel Persuasion, and the phrase was a reference to the future by Anne Elliot— a young English woman of 27 years— who felt that she could determine nothing at present.
By Marina T Alamanou2 years ago in Longevity
Fighting cancer with ursolic acid
“I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.” Louisa May Alcott, Little Women Ursolic acid (UA), an ursane-type pentacyclic triterpenic acid, can be found in the berries and leaves of several natural medicinal plants, including
By Marina T Alamanou2 years ago in Longevity
Psychedelics Drug Development
"Mushrooms are miniature pharmaceutical factories, and of the thousands of mushroom species in nature, our ancestors and modern scientists have identified several dozen that have a unique combination of talents that improve our health". By Paul Stamets
By Marina T Alamanou2 years ago in Potent
Best phytochemicals for fighting cancer
Naturally occurring compounds, that may lead to the development of a new drug, have been sources for novel anti-cancer therapy for a long time. In fact, approximately 50% of all approved anti-cancer drugs from 1940 to 2014 originated from natural products (source). In particular, of the 175 small molecules approved between 1940s to the end of 2014, 49% of them were actually natural products or originated from natural products.
By Marina T Alamanou2 years ago in Longevity
The amazing anti-cancer potential of cucurbitacins
"The wish for healing has always been half of health". By Lucius Annaeus Seneca Cucurbitacins is a cluster of tetracyclic triterpenoids originated from various plants like Bryonia (or wild pumpkin), Cucumis (a genus which includes the cucumber, muskmelons, the horned melon and the West Indian gherkin), Cucurbita 🎃 (variously known as squash, pumpkin or gourd) and Lepidium sativum (sometimes referred to as garden cress or curly cress).
By Marina T Alamanou2 years ago in Longevity
Poop tech and gut feelings
“you aren't what you eat - you are what you don't poop.” By Wavy Gravy This is a story about trillions of bacteria living peacefully with trillions of cells in your body, and how alterations of your gut microbiome can affect everything and contribute to disease.
By Marina T Alamanou2 years ago in Longevity