Caruso Calogero, Accardi Giulia, Aiello Anna, Candore Giuseppina
Laboratory of Immunopathology and Immunosenescence, Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
Subcell Biochem. 2024;107:205-215. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-66768-8_10.
In the fields of biology and medicine, hormesis is defined as the adaptive response of cells and organisms to moderate and usually intermittent stress. Examples include radiation, pharmaceutical agents, as well as dietary and lifestyle factors such as calorie restriction and physical exercise. However, in the present chapter, we will focus on the hormetic role of certain phytochemicals, compounds that naturally occur in plants, playing roles in plant colour, flavour, and disease resistance, with nutraceutical properties. Indeed, these compounds exhibit health-promoting, disease-preventing, or medicinal properties, mostly through a hormetic mechanism.
在生物学和医学领域，毒物兴奋效应被定义为细胞和生物体对适度且通常是间歇性应激的适应性反应。例子包括辐射、药剂，以及饮食和生活方式因素，如热量限制和体育锻炼。然而，在本章中，我们将聚焦于某些植物化学物质的毒物兴奋效应作用，这些化合物天然存在于植物中，在植物颜色、风味和抗病性方面发挥作用，并具有营养保健特性。事实上，这些化合物大多通过毒物兴奋效应机制展现出促进健康、预防疾病或药用特性。
