The invention discloses a new application of
ligusticum chuanxiong hort or an extract thereof. The
ligusticum chuanxiong hort or the extract thereof has the following four new purposes: (1) application in preparing anti-aging products; (2) application in preparing
gene expression products for regulating caloric restriction pathways; (3) application in preparing
gene expression products for regulating
insulin signaling pathways; and (4) application in preparing
caenorhabditis elegans life extenders. In the invention, the
caenorhabditis elegans is used as a
model organism, the influence of CXE (
Ligusticum Chuangxiong Extract) on caenorhabditis elegan life is observed by taking a
whole animal experiment as a detection means, the CXEs of a plurality of concentrations are all found to have a role or trend of
life prolongation to the caenorhabditis elegan, wherein the concentration of 25mg / L has an optimal
life prolongation effect, and the average life and the longest life are both prolonged by about 15 percent.
Molecular mechanism research for
life prolongation by utilizing the known relevant caenorhabditis elegan aging
gene and adopting a qRT-PCR (Quantitative Real Time-
Polymerase Chain Reaction) method shows that the CXE prolongs the life through intervening an
Insulin / IGF-1 pathway and a feeding control (caloric restriction) pathway, thereby providing new content and direction for the
molecular mechanism research of the
drug and also providing a new ideal and means for the research of delaying aging by using the
traditional Chinese medicine.