Effects of three flavonoids from an ancient traditional Chinese medicine on geriatric diseases.

As the worldwide population ages, the morbidity of neurodegenerative, cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, and endocrine diseases, such as diabetes and osteoporosis, continues to increase. The etiology of geriatric diseases is complex, involving the interaction of genes and the environment, which makes effective treatment challenging. Traditional Chinese medicine, unlike Western medicine, uses diverse bioactive ingredients to target multiple signaling pathways in geriatric diseases. is one of the most widely used ancient traditional Chinese medicines and is also consumed as food. This review summarizes the evidence from and studies of the pharmacological effects of the main active components of the tuber of on geriatric diseases.