-
:
The human life
span has increased from about 55 years to 75 years
in last few decades.
This
has
been
possible
due
to
the
increasing
control
over
life
threatening
diseases
due
to
parallel
developments in chemical sciences, particularly in
the areas of synthetic & medicinal
chemistry
and
in
biological
sciences.
This
special
issue
of
Biochimie
on
“
Advances
in
Biomolecular
and
Medicinal
Chemistry
”
based
on
selected
lectures
presented
at
the
ISCBC-2009
held at the University of Delhi, Delhi is
important because of the timeliness of the
discussions on research in the cutting
edge areas of chemical and biological sciences.
One of the problems we are facing at
the moment is the maintenance of the quality of
the life of
growing old-aged
population. Both, chemists and
biologists are working together to find
out
solutions to contribute towards a
good quality life to old-aged population and also
to maximize
the
life
span
of
human
being,
per
se
from
100
years
to
125
years.
One
of
the
theories
to
explain the maximum life span and death
is the homeostatic theory, which postulates that
the
oxidative
defense
mechanism
of
the
body
deteriorates
with
aging
because
of
a
genetically
programmed
reduction
in
the
synthesis
of
antioxidants
in
cells
or
reduced
absorption
of
antioxidant vitamins from the diet.
：
To
the Editor:
I
read
with
much
interest
the
article
by
Moreno-Macias
and
Romieu.
The
authors
discussed
the
importance
of
antioxidant
supplements
and
nutrients.
Over
the
last
decade,
my
colleagues
and
I
have
performed
experimental
laboratory
studies
on
various
potential
herbs
and
their
extracts.
Many
of
the
oxidative
stress
disorders
in
experimental
animals
were
shown
to
have
fewer
complications
or
even
the
damages were reverted once treated with
herbal supplements.
我兴致勃勃地读完了
Moreno-Macias
和
Romieu
的文章，文章里作者讨论了抗氧化补充剂和抗氧
化营养剂的重要性。
而在过去的十年里，
我和我的同事们对各种潜在的草药及其提取物进行了实验研
究，研究表明许多具有氧化应激障碍的实验动物，一旦食用了此类草药或其提取物，它们
因氧化应激
障碍而产生的并发症和对身体损害都会减少。
paper:
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is
a
genus
of
10-16
species
of
deciduous
trees
native
to
warm,
temperate,
and
subtropical