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A compound in brocolli has remarkable anti-ageing effects on mice

Clinical trials are in progress - NMN could be the recipe of youth

27-Oct-2016

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Scientists discover a compound that had remarkable anti-ageing effects in mice.

NMN found in cabbage, broccoli and cucumber displayed this effect in mice.

Increased physical activity levels, bone density, muscle and immune functions in old mice.

Clinical trials with human subjects are ongoing in Japan.

Research by Washington University in St Louis, published in the journal Cell Metabolism.

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Cell Metabolism

Scientific Journal providing information from many different areas of metabolism.

Shin-ichiro Imai

Professor of Developmental Biology at Washington University in St. Louis.

Washington University in St. Louis

Private multidisciplinary research university.

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