Microbiomes in older mice pumped out damaging metabolites that drove endothelial cell senescence, offering potential targets ...

The study also determined that a bacterium called Clostridium sp.ASF356, which is present in the gut microbiomes of mice and people, can convert phenylalanine into phenylacetic acid. When the ...

Phenylacetic acid triggers cell aging. The human body consists of around 30 to 100 trillion bacteria that reside in our organs. Ninety percent of these bacteria live in the intestine, ...

In the course of some tests carried out at East Malling Research Station, using phenylacetic acid, I sprayed a batch of tomato plants with a 0.1 per cent solution in water, ...