The Biological Function and Molecular Mechanism of Ampelopsin and Exercise Mimetics in Chronic DiseasesContentsChapter 1Pharmacological potential of ampelopsin in Rattan tea1 Chapter 2Ampelopsin reduces endotoxic inflammation via repressing ROSmediated activation of PI3K/Akt/NFκB signaling pathways8 Chapter 3Natural products for cancer prevention associated with Nrf2ARE pathway23 Chapter 4Antitumor effect31 4.1Potential molecular targets of ampelopsin in prevention and treatment of cancers31 4.2Nutraceutical or pharmacological potential of Moringa oleifera Lam.39 4.3Ampelopsin induces apoptosis in HepG2 human hepatoma cell line through extrinsic and intrinsic pathways:involvement of p38 and ERK48 Chapter 5Neuroprotective effect59 5.1Ampelopsin inhibits H2O2induced apoptosis by ERK and Akt signaling pathways and upregulation of heme oxygenase159 5.2Ampelopsin attenuates 6OHDAinduced neurotoxicity by regulating GSK3β/NRF2/ARE signaling67 Chapter 6Autophagy and brain aging77 6.1Autophagy as the modulator of neuronal homeostasis and neurodegenerative disorders77 6.2Resveratrol as a natural autophagy regulator for prevention and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease80 6.3Ampelopsin attenuates brain aging of Dgalinduced rats through miR34amediated SIRT1/mTOR signaling pathway89 6.4Swimming attenuates Dgalactoseinduced brain aging via suppressing miR34amediated autophagy impairment and abnormal mitochondrial dynamics101 6.5Voluntary wheel running exercise suppresses brain aging of rats through activating miR130amediated autophagy112 Chapter 7Sarcopenia123 7.1Research progress of sarcopenia123 7.2MicroRNAregulated proinflammatory cytokines in sarcopenia127 7.3Ampelopsin attenuates Dgalinduced oxidative stressrelated skeletal muscle atrophy through activating AMPK/SIRT1/PGC1α signaling cascade135 7.4Role and regulation of autophagy in mass maintenance of skeletal muscle147 Acknowledgement155 References156