Author, as appears in the article.: Menendez, J.A. García, J. Segura-Carretero, A. Ariza, X. Joven, J. Micol, V. Cuyàs, E. Santangelo, E. Corominas-Faja, B.

Department: Medicina i Cirurgia

e-ISSN: 1945-4589

URV's Author/s: Bruna Corominas‐Faja, Elvira Santangelo, Elisabet Cuyàs, Vicente Micol, Jorge Joven, Xavier Ariza, Antonio Segura‐Carretero, Jordi García, and Javier A. Menendez

Abstract: Aging is associated with common conditions, including cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and Alzheimer's disease. The type of multi-targeted pharmacological approach necessary to address a complex multifaceted disease such as aging might take advantage of pleiotropic natural polyphenols affecting a wide variety of biological processes. We have recently postulated that the secoiridoids oleuropein aglycone (OA) and decarboxymethyl oleuropein aglycone (DOA), two complex polyphenols present in health-promoting extra virgin olive oil (EVOO), might constitute a new family of plant-produced gerosuppressant agents. This paper describes an analysis of the biological activity spectra (BAS) of OA and DOA using PASS (Prediction of Activity Spectra for Substances) software. PASS can predict thousands of biological activities, as the BAS of a compound is an intrinsic property that is largely dependent on the compound's structure and reflects pharmacological effects, physiological and biochemical mechanisms of action, and specific toxicities. Using Pharmaexpert, a tool that analyzes the PASS-predicted BAS of substances based on thousands of 'mechanism-effect' and 'effect-mechanism' relationships, we illuminate hypothesis-generating pharmacological effects, mechanisms of action, and targets that might underlie the anti-aging/anti-cancer activities of the gerosuppressant EVOO oleuropeins.

licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/

Last page: 741

Journal volume: 6

Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Link to the original source: http://www.impactaging.com/papers/v6/n9/abs/100691a.html

Article's DOI: 10.18632/aging.100691

Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili.

Journal publication year: 2014

First page: 731