title: A Systematic Review on the Effects of Botanicals on Skeletal Muscle Health in Order to Prevent Sarcopenia.
abstract: We performed a systematic review to evaluate the evidence-based medicine regarding the main botanical extracts and their nutraceutical compounds correlated to skeletal muscle health in order to identify novel strategies that effectively attenuate skeletal muscle loss and enhance muscle function and to improve the quality of life of older subjects. This review contains all eligible studies from 2010 to 2015 and included 57 publications. We focused our attention on effects of botanical extracts on growth and health of muscle and divided these effects into five categories: anti-inflammation, muscle damage prevention, antifatigue, muscle atrophy prevention, and muscle regeneration and differentiation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Experimental and Forensic Medicine, Section of Human Nutrition, Endocrinology and Nutrition Unit, Azienda di Servizi alla Persona, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rondanelli
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Miccono
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Experimental and Forensic Medicine, Section of Human Nutrition, Endocrinology and Nutrition Unit, Azienda di Servizi alla Persona, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Peroni
authors.affiliation: Azienda di Servizi alla Persona, Pavia, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Guerriero
authors.affiliation: Research and Development Unit, Indena, 20139 Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Morazzoni
authors.affiliation: Research and Development Unit, Indena, 20139 Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Riva
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Experimental and Forensic Medicine, Section of Human Nutrition, Endocrinology and Nutrition Unit, Azienda di Servizi alla Persona, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy; Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, Medical and Genomic Statistics Unit, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy; Department of Public Health, Experimental and Forensic Medicine, Biostatistics and Clinical Epidemiology Unit, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Guido
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Experimental and Forensic Medicine, Section of Human Nutrition, Endocrinology and Nutrition Unit, Azienda di Servizi alla Persona, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
authors.forename: S
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-2720-1473
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Perna