Research area
Cellular Research
This area looks at what happens inside a single cell.
What this area studies
Researchers here look at what happens inside a single cell.
Every larger question ends up here. If you want to know why something happens in the body, you usually end up looking at one cell.
Compounds we hold a record for
MOTS-c
A Recommended, narrow margin
Unusual: the instructions for it sit inside the cell's power units, not in the nucleus. It was only found in 2015.
NAD+
B Not put to the committee
Not a peptide. It is a helper molecule cells use all day.
Glutathione
B Not put to the committee
Epitalon
S Recommended, widest margin
Appearing here means the name turns up in this field of study. It does not mean the compound does anything.
Also named in this area
Thymosin Alpha-1
Mostly studied in immune work rather than single-cell work.
We do not hold a full record for these yet.
How strong is the evidence?
Read this before anything else
MOTS-c is new. Nearly all of what is published on it is in animals and in cells.
Sources
- MOTS-c in human ageing NIH / PMC
- MOTS-c: effects and mechanisms NIH / PMC
We link what we read. Where a source found nothing, we link that too — a page that only cites the positive results is not a source list, it is an advert.
This is not a shopping list and it is not advice. None of these is approved
for people to take. Talk to a doctor about your health.