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SUBMITTER: Perez-Hernandez J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4736801 | biostudies-other | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity 20160106
Neurodegenerative diseases (ND) primarily affect the neurons in the human brain secondary to oxidative stress and neuroinflammation. ND are more common and have a disproportionate impact on countries with longer life expectancies and represent the fourth highest source of overall disease burden in the high-income countries. A large majority of the medicinal plant compounds, such as polyphenols, alkaloids, and terpenes, have therapeutic properties. Polyphenols are the most common active compounds ...[more]