Patent ID: 8609736

Claim:
A method of stimulating or increasing telomerase activity in a cell or tissue of a subject, said method comprising contacting said cell or tissue of said subject with an effective amount of a compound represented by the structure of formula I: wherein Z is carbon; R 1 to R 9 are the same or different, H, D, OH, halogen, nitro, CN, nitrileamido, amidosulfide, amino, aldehyde, substituted ketone, —COOH, ester, trifluoromethyl, amide, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, arylalkyl, alkylaryl, arylsulfonyl, arylalkylenesulfonyl, alkoxy, alkylalkoxy, haloalkyl, alkylhaloalkyl, haloaryl, aryloxy, amino, monoalkylamino, dialkylamino, alkylamido, arylamino, arylamido, alkylthio, arylthio, heterocycloalkyl, alkylheterocycloalkyl, heterocycloalkylalkyl, heteroaryl, hetroarylalkyl, alkylheteroaryl; and R 10 is methyl.