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Metformin Modulates the Mechanisms of Ageing

Adriana Florinela Cătoi, Andra Diana Andreicuț, Dan Cristian Vodnar, Katalin Szabó, Andreea Corina, Andreea Letiția Arsene, Simona Ștefan, Roxana Adriana Stoica et al.

IntechOpen eBooks, 2019

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Abstract

Living in a time when population is continuously ageing, the challenge and demand for assessing the age-related pathways, potential diseases and longevity have become of major interest. The pharmaceutical industry possesses huge resources in this field, mainly due to the recent discoveries of novel mechanisms of action of old-established, classical drugs. Here we find metformin, a well-established antidiabetic medicine but with new potential benefits, as the most recent reports quote. We present the main pathways of the possible implications of metformin in the modulation of ageing processes, evolution and diseases, focussing on its ageing counteraction, based on the latest scientifically based biochemical reports.

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