Get the biggest daily news stories by email Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid EmailFrom Botox to face-lifts, some people will try anything to look younger . Now, a study suggests that the key to slowing the ageing process may lie in a Japanese plant, known as Ashitaba. Researchers rom the University of Graz in Austria have found that a compound found in the plant, called DMC, could extend our lifespans. In the study, which is published in Nature Communications , the researchers gave DMC to fruit flies , worms and mice. The researchers added: “Future studies must explore whether DMC and/or its chemically defined derivatives can be advantageously used in humans as well.”

Source: Daily Mirror February 20, 2019 10:53 UTC