AQUEOUS EXTRACTS OF DESCHAMPSIA ANTARCTICA

摘要

The present invention relates to methods of preparing aqueous extracts of D. antarctica having anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory properties as well as to pharmaceutical compositions comprising aqueous extracts of D. antarctica at concentrations useful in the prevention of aging in humans as well as for the prevention of photoaging effects generated by exposure to harmful ultraviolet radiation. Genes and functional enrichments are identified as factors relating the therapeutic effects of the extract in the prevention of photoaging and cancer induced by ultraviolet radiation.