[HTML][HTML] Are age-related neurodegenerative diseases caused by a lack of the diet-derived compound ergothioneine?

B Halliwell, I Cheah - Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 2024 - Elsevier
We propose that the diet-derived compound ergothioneine (ET) is an important nutrient in
the human body, especially for maintenance of normal brain function, and that low body ET …

Water extract of earthworms mitigates mouse liver fibrosis by potentiating hepatic LKB1/Nrf2 axis to inhibit HSC activation and hepatocyte death

T Zhang, C Wang, A Song, X Lei, G Li, H Sun… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance When left untreated, liver fibrosis (LF) causes various
chronic liver diseases. Earthworms (Pheretima aspergillum) are widely used in traditional …