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Therefore, natural compounds or extracts that possess both antioxidant and antiglycation activities might have great antiageing potential. Akebia quinata fruit extract (AQFE) has been used to treat urinary tract inflammatory disease in traditional Korean and Chinese medicines. In the present study, AQFE was demonstrated to possess antioxidant and antiglycation activity. AQFE protects human dermal fibroblasts (HDFs) from oxidative stress and inhibits cellular senescence induced by oxidative stress. We also found that AQFE inhibits glycation reaction between BSA and glucose. The antiglycation activity of AQFE was dose-dependent. In addition, the antiglycation activity of AQFE was confirmed in a human skin explant model. AQFE reduced CML expression and stimulated fibrillin-1 expression in comparison to the methyglyoxal treatment. In addition, the possibility of the extract as an anti-skin aging agent has also been clinically validated. Our analysis of the crow\u2019s feet wrinkle showed that there was a decrease in the depth of deep furrows in RI treated with AQFE cream over an eight-week period. The overall results suggest that AQFE may work as an anti-skin aging agent by preventing oxidative stress and other complications associated with AGEs formation.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/nu7115478","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,11,13]],"date-time":"2015-11-13T03:52:35Z","timestamp":1447386755000},"page":"9337-9352","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":32,"title":["Ameliorating Effect of Akebia quinata Fruit Extracts on Skin Aging Induced by Advanced Glycation End Products"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"7","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5354-7286","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Seoungwoo","family":"Shin","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Biospectrum Life Science Institute, Eines Platz 11th FL, 442-13 Sangdaewon Dong, Seoungnam City, Gyunggi Do 462-807, Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Dahee","family":"Son","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Biospectrum Life Science Institute, Eines Platz 11th FL, 442-13 Sangdaewon Dong, Seoungnam City, Gyunggi Do 462-807, Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Minkyung","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Biospectrum Life Science Institute, Eines Platz 11th FL, 442-13 Sangdaewon Dong, Seoungnam City, Gyunggi Do 462-807, Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Seungjun","family":"Lee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Biospectrum Life Science Institute, Eines Platz 11th FL, 442-13 Sangdaewon Dong, Seoungnam City, Gyunggi Do 462-807, Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kyung-Baeg","family":"Roh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Biospectrum Life Science Institute, Eines Platz 11th FL, 442-13 Sangdaewon Dong, Seoungnam City, Gyunggi Do 462-807, Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Dehun","family":"Ryu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Biospectrum Life Science Institute, Eines Platz 11th FL, 442-13 Sangdaewon Dong, Seoungnam City, Gyunggi Do 462-807, Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5073-2619","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jongsung","family":"Lee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Genetic Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, 2066, Seobu-Ro, Jangan Gu, Suwon City, Gyunggi Do 164-19, Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Eunsun","family":"Jung","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Biospectrum Life Science Institute, Eines Platz 11th FL, 442-13 Sangdaewon Dong, Seoungnam City, Gyunggi Do 462-807, Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Deokhoon","family":"Park","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Biospectrum Life Science Institute, Eines Platz 11th FL, 442-13 Sangdaewon Dong, Seoungnam City, Gyunggi Do 462-807, Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2015,11,12]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"39027","DOI":"10.1074\/jbc.M006700200","article-title":"Effect of collagen turnover on the accumulation of advanced glycation end products","volume":"275","author":"Verzijl","year":"2000","journal-title":"J. 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