Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes, University of Colorado Denver, School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA.
Cell Stress Chaperones. 2010 Nov;15(6):761-70. doi: 10.1007/s12192-010-0206-x. Epub 2010 Jun 4.
Xenohormesis is a biological principle that explains how environmentally stressed plants produce bioactive compounds that can confer stress resistance and survival benefits to animals that consume them. Animals can piggyback off products of plants' sophisticated stress response which has evolved as a result of their stationary lifestyle. Factors eliciting the plant stress response can judiciously be employed to maximize yield of health-promoting plant compounds. The xenohormetic plant compounds can, when ingested, improve longevity and fitness by activating the animal's cellular stress response and can be applied in drug discovery, drug production, and nutritional enhancement of diet.
异种外激素作用是一个生物学原理，它解释了环境压力下的植物如何产生生物活性化合物，这些化合物可以赋予食用它们的动物抗逆性和生存优势。动物可以利用植物复杂应激反应的产物，这些产物是由于它们的固定生活方式而进化而来的。诱发植物应激反应的因素可以被明智地利用，以最大限度地提高促进健康的植物化合物的产量。当异种外激素植物化合物被摄入时，可以通过激活动物的细胞应激反应来延长寿命和提高适应性，可应用于药物发现、药物生产和饮食营养增强。
