Methylene Blue and its Anti-Aging Potentials

We, humans, are always searching for products and ways that promise to defy skin aging. Researchers are always trying to figure out the secret of slowing down skin aging and with time researchers are getting closer to the desired result.

According to the latest report from the antiaging arena, a chemical named Methylene Blue, which is an antioxidant, that is being used since 1876, for the treatment of malaria, septic shock, cancer chemotherapy and Alzheimer’s disease, can be used to slow down skin aging. Studies have already shown that after the treatment with Methylene Blue, fibroblasts have shown increased lifespan, cell proliferation, and reduced expression of p16, a biomarker of physiological aging. What’s more surprising is that the chemical has also expanded the life span of female mice up to 6 percent when mixed with food.

During a recent study conducted on human skin created from middle-aged humans, researchers have found that the antioxidant can improve skin viability, promote wound healing, increases skin hydration and improves skin thickness. According to the group of researchers, human skin thickness decreases at an average rate of 6 percent per decade. Thinning skin results in lowered resistance to shearing forces and higher susceptibility to wound after trauma. However, scientists noticed that after treating with the chemical, treated skin tissues showed thicker dermis layers, which can eventually lead to slow skin aging and healing of wounds faster than before.

Wrinkled skin is the most visible feature of an aged skin that increases with the exposure to sun, smoke, and dehydration. Skin wrinkling is a result of deterioration of various skin matrix molecules. The dermal fibroblasts generate a large number of Collagen, which is an ECM protein. The type one Collagen is the main cause for around more than 80 percent of the dry weight of dermis. However, other types of Collagen can also be found in skin tissues and the results showed a dosage-dependent increase in COL2A1 at the transcriptional level after Methylene Blue treatment.

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An Elixir for Life: Green Tea & Red Wine

Recently, a research has suggested that naturally present nutritive compounds in green tea and red wine may hinder the creation of toxic metabolites. These metabolites usually contribute to the neuro-degeneration evidently seen in Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease. There have been various studies over the years that have shed some light on the fact that there might be a hope for treating certain inborn metabolic diseases.

Due to the absence of cure, people who are born with these inherited metabolic disorders usually have to adhere to strict and demanding diet their entire lives. The people who are affected by these diseases either lack of gene or mutant gene resulting in a critical enzyme deficiency, or buildup of toxic metabolites, this causes the disease in the first place. As a result of this, there is uncontrolled metabolite accumulation in the body; causing severe developmental and mental disorders.

Research in this field suggests that certain compounds naturally found in red wine and green tea may block the development of these toxic metabolites, which build up, and cause severe developmental and mental disorders. The compounds that are naturally present in green tea, and red wine may also block the formation of toxic molecules, this advancement is suggested to help out with the treatment of certain inborn congenital metabolic diseases.

The researchers have found two prospective compounds namely:

• Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), this compound naturally present in green tea, it has attracted a lot of attention of the medical community over the years.
• Tannic acid, a compound present in red wine, known to inhibit the formation of toxic amyloid structures, that are the root cause Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.

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An Elixir for Life: Green Tea & Red Wine