Fisetin ( + quercitin)
Among flavonoids, fisetin appears to be an effective senolytic:
"Fisetin appears about as effective in mice as any of the current top senolytics, such as the chemotherapeutics dasatinib and navitoclax."
Because it is cheaper, easier to acquire, and probably safer than dasatinib, self-experimenters should consider examining fisetin in combination with quercitin.
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May clinic is performing a study on elderly subject, and using two grams of fisetin on two separate days. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03430037?cond=fisetin&cntry=US&draw=1&rank=2
I utilized this protocol over three days, one longer than the study. My observations other that slight malaise I did not notice any definable improvements. Of course I did not take Quercertin with it. I have just finished the first round of C+D, and describe the process under the C+D section of this site. I obtained Fisetin from Trillium Health Solutions, 50 gram powder with 50 servings. They supply a small one gram spoon. I mix two spoonfuls in a warm glass of water and take on an empty stomach. No too bad tasting.
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Rob8311 Thanks for all the information. Much appreciated.
It turns out that heart disease was a misdiagnosis on my dog. He has now been confirmed with a diagnosis of acute myloid leukemia. He had to stay over 2 nights in an emergency vet care centre as his condition had deteriorated quite rapidly.
He has been home for about a week now after being given the L-asparaginase enzyme. My brother and I have been giving him some CBD oil and Fisetin. For the first few days his condition had improved dramatically. Eating more, drinking more and trying to walk more (his hind leg seems to have been affected by the cancer). His breathing had also improved. However for the last 2 days, he seems to have gone downhill again. He seems more tired than the previous days and breathing a little more rapidly and heavier. He has just gone in for another dose of the L-asparaginase enzyme and we are awaiting his blood test results tomorrow. I have all my fingers crossed right now.
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HD I can completely identify...
Forgive me if I am muddying the waters, but you might want to visit http://dognasalcancertreatmentforlucy.blogspot.com/. It's just a guy who saved his dog and compiled a ton of anti-cancer info. I notice that research on alpha-lipoic acid is showing it to be good against leukemia. His idea is to throw everything that has been shown to enhance the immune system and/or have anti-cancer properties at the cancer. An odd thing I found was research into a possible remedy called DMAPT, and a particular study mentioned dasatinib (talked about a lot here) as being able to cause molecular remission, whatever that is, in myeloid leukemia (http://www.bloodjournal.org/content/128/22/4242?sso-checked=true).
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I found a new source of pure Fisetin. It is a company on ebay who advertised 98% pure Fisetin Powder at a cost of 22 dollars for 10 grams. link attached.
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djmichel Good find. Although the effects of PARP inhibitors and pro-apoptotic agents is likely to be mixed, I am encouraged that life time feeding, at least in this preliminary report, found life extension in wild-type mice. That might increase confidence to use it at least short term in healthy humans.
We may find eventually that fisetin (and perhaps tocotrienols) forms the base of our “senolytic pyramid” or stack.
Always use the least toxic stuff for that!
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HD Rob8311 This is a late response but I find this "simple practice guide for dose conversion between animals and human"educational and useful.
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Rob8311 Dear Rob, how do you feel about your dogs on Fisetin? I have a 10 years old lab, he started to hurt from arthritis, so I consider treating him with Fisetin. And how are you?
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Andriy Urenov Doing OK, thanks. Still grieving. They did fine on fisetin. You can also give fish/krill oil (with breakfast and dinner) and anti-inflammatories like curcumin (prefer Theracurmin). Also really helpful are cold laser treatments if you can find a vet that offers them. It helped so much with inflammation (both me and my dogs) that I bought one!
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Rob8311 Thank you Rob! I gave my dog first course of fisetin (36 mg/kg x 2 days) and in few days will have the second round. As far as i see he is doing better, more active. Also I am giving him CurcuBrain for like 2 months. I thinks it also helps. Now reading on red light. Which wavelength do you use?
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Andriy Urenov Hi Andry. You have a lucky dog! My laser uses 637nm for red but the range is 600-660nm. Near IR (800-860nm) is better for most applications, but red helps more with skin and circulation. Look into the Avant LZ30Z at coldlasers.org or wherever. I know it is expensive but was the best $6K I ever spent. I now consider it almost as essential as having a car! Besides incredible anti-inflammatory capability and tissue regeneration, if you apply it shortly after a muscle injury, whiplash, or a burn you will annihilate the after effects. A whiplash that could lead to permanent damage will be gone the next day. You won't have pain or blisters following a fairly serious burn. I used to get arthritis in my knees that would make it almost impossible to go down on one knee. After 5 minutes with the laser I could do burpees! It was short term relief in that case, but still... My dogs would stop limping. I am saving for a more powerful EvoLaser to reduce treatment times. I am not wealthy, but after being initially skeptical I am sure I will always own at least one cold laser.
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Rob8311 Hi Rob! Still on here, would like to ask you some questions!
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Arizona Kid Sure
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Rob8311 Do you have an email? Wanted to ask you questions about protocols for dogs. My 13 year old is having dementia signs. I have her on rapa but wanted to add Choline, melatonin and fisetin.
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Arizona Kid heavy metal toxticity from vaccins. long road ahed with chelation is the cure
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Burgundy Summer for my dog? I don’t think she had many vaccines
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Rob8311 Do you have an email Rob :)?
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Arizona Kid one would be enough, they are loaded with mercery, lead n alumium. a animal doc i know also said this is the reason. old humans fall apart from the metal toxticity and the same is with animals
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Arizona Kid Send me a message - click on pic circle.
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I've been taking 1 quercetin and 1 fisetin in my daily supplement regime. I'm considering joining the self experimenters/testers here, but the problem is I wonder how much change I'll be able to show since I'm already doing many of these (e.g. NAD+, quercetin, fisetin, fasting, etc)
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And they used human adipose tissue explants (voluntary liposuction!) to see if results translated. They did!
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Since BioPerine (black pepper extract piperine) supposedly increases bioavailability of curcumin (a flavonoid) by 2000% and resveratrol by 220%, it would seem to be a good idea to use with the flavonoid fisetin. I am taking 500 mg fisetin with 10 mg BioPerine twice daily for a few days. Warning: don't take BioPerine with any drugs or substances you don't want to magnify.
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One concern I have with Fisetin is that it is a PARP1 inhibitor which is needed for DNA repair. PARP1 inhibitors are used for cancer chemotherapy. It would make sense that Fisetin can then induce apoptosis in senescent cells similar to other PARP1 inhibitors killing malignant cells. So a short term course may work in reducing senescent cell burden. But I don’t know whether long term taking of Fisetin is a good idea as it could possibly cause DNA damage in normal cells to accumulate. Fisetin is also a CD38 inhibitor and both CD38 and PARP1 breakdown NAD.
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Fred Yeganeh - As I understand it, Fisetin probably induces apoptosis (in cancer cells, senescent cells, and possibly persistent myofibroblasts) primarily by inhibiting antiapoptotic Bcl-2 family proteins, including Bcl-xL.
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Okay, here's the new Chinese bulk fisetin source from eBAY found by djmichel djmichael and discussed above:
Pure fisetin Powder at a cost of 22 dollars for 10 grams. link attached.
The source is Herba Link and the cost is roughly $50 for 25 grams ($2 a gram). I got a plastic packet today which is 25 grams, and the bulk weight of the plastic resealable packet was 27.2 g including the plastic, so net weight is good. The time from order to receipt was just 4 days.
The source is Chinese. Manufacture date 1/21/2019. There is a certificate of analysis which claims 98.13 % fisetin by HPLC. It's a yellow powder and looks good, no odor. Taste is a bit reminiscent of pine. There is a heavy metal screen and a microbial screen.
It is a true herbal extract, done with water and ethanol. The plant source is stems of Rhus succedanea, the Japanese Wax Tree. This is a rather large and hardy shrub you can read about on Wikipedia. Its coating is the source of a lipid (not a wax) used as part of Japanese lacquer. The more common Linaean name these days is Toxicodendron succedaneum, a name it gets because the the plant is toxic to a number of herbivores. Nevertheless, the Rhus genus plants (many known as "sumacs," from a Syrian word meaning "red"), and anything in the larger Anacardiaceae family, are all quite high in fisetin (which is yellow-- the sumac red color is something else).
R. succedanea (this same wax tree) is the source of fisetin in the Swanson product, too. And I would bet Swanson gets it from the same Chinese source and just encapsulates it, so if you're looking to get out of all risk that way, it won't work.
It isn't clear to me why the wax tree R. succedanea is toxic. Other members of the family, like the infamous poison sumac (perhaps the most poisonous plant in N. America), contain urushiol, the same stuff that makes poison oak and ivy so bad. On the other hand, there are many sumacs with fruits used in spices and dyes, and sumac pink is actually what gives the traditional pink lemonade of colonial days, its color.
The fruit and stems of R. succedanea contains a flavonoid related to fisetin and to apigenin, called hinokiflavone. This stuff may be the toxicity source. It is far more toxic than fisetin, and is fascinating because its cytotoxic properties seem related to why we're interested in fisetin-- it goes to the mitochondria and increases production of reactive oxygen species, and induces apoptosis. It has been tested as an anticarcinogenic in melanoma, and shows some promise. It makes melanoma cells apoptose, with less toxicity in healthy cells.
Somebody badly needs to test hinokiflavone as a senolytic. I can't find that anybody has done so.
Do makers of fisetin from R. succedanea test for hinokiflavone content? They don't say so. Would it show up clearly on HPLC? I don't know. How much more toxic is it? I don't know. So if you are planning on eating fisetin from this source with gravy like mashed potatoes, just remember that there is no such things as a totally pure chemical. Natural product extracts are especially worisome. If you've been getting away with taking grams of Swanson fisetin, it's this same extract, so you're probably fine.
That's all I've been able to find out. I'll update when I have more.
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And just for entertainment for this gerontology list, here is a poem about an old cow in the fall, who is tired of life. It was written by Robert Hillyer and was a favorite of my father's. It mentions sumac. It's called "Moo!"
Moo!
Summer is over, the old cow said,
And they'll shut me up in a draughty shed
To milk me by lamplight in the cold,
But I won't give much for I am old.
It's long ago that I came here
Gay and slim as a woodland deer;
It's long ago that I heard the roar
Of Smith's white bull by the sycamore.
And now there are bones where my flesh should be;
My backbone sags like an old roof tree,
And an apple snatched in a moment's frolic
Is just so many days of colic.
I'm neither a Jersey nor Holstein now
But only a faded sort of cow.
My calves are veal and I had as lief
That I could lay me down as beef;
Somehow, they always kill by halves, -
Why not take me when they take my calves?
Birch turns yellow and sumac red,
I've seen this all before, she said,
I'm tired of the field and tired of the shed
There's no more grass, there's no more clover
Summer is over, summer is over. -
A great review of Fisetin as senolytic agent.
https://brain.forever-healthy.org/display/EN/Fisetin+Senolytic+Therapy
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Steve Harris said:
Summer is over, summer is over.Wonderful post above from Steve Harris I'd give it 5 "likes" if that was possible.
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Effects of Fisetin dosing over 6 months.
Now in my 5th round of Fisetin dosing over the past 6 months. Some noticeable effects now that were not apparent in the early rounds. Examples below.
I cannot say all effects are direct result of Fisetin, but effects occur immediately on starting a Fisetin round, and then taper off until the next round.
- Improved balance. At age 76 more aware of balance than in younger years. Fisetin seems to improve it. Example: In front of my apartment building are 4 steps, no handrail. So I used to carefully position myself next to a post and hold on before stepping down. After taking a round of Fisetin, no need to do that, just step down. Surprised me. Is it possible Fisetin is the cause of that change?
- Improved mental function. My main mental challenge these days is learning a foreign language; an extremely difficult, Oriental language (Thai). Each time I take a round of Fisetin there is noticeable improvement in my listening comprehension and reading speed. Modest, but noticeable and very welcome.
- Sharper vision. My vision has been steady for many years, but after recent rounds of Fisetin noticeably brighter and sharper. I’ve even gone without glasses a few times.
- Easier urination. An important function for old men. Flow is certainly greater after starting a Fisetin dose.
- Better sleep, but need to sleep and nap a lot more during the 3 days that I take Fisetin.
My regimen:- Fisetin (Doctor's Best brand), 500 mg. per dose (5 capsules of 100 mg. each) 2x/day, for 3 days: 6 doses for total of 3,000 mg.
- Olive Leaf Extract: 1 capsule
- Bioperine: 10 mg.
- Quercetin: 1,000 mg (2 capsules, 500 mg. each)
- MCT oil: 3,000 mg. (3 capsules, 1,000 mg. each)
- Coconut oil: 1 Tablespoon
- (no DMSO, although would be easy to take along with coconut oil)
Back when first starting Fisetin, I diligently emptied all capsules and mixed with coconut oil before swallowing. But old age is motivating me to simplify things. Now I just swallow the lot of capsules with water or juice.
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In contrast to my personal observations about Fisetin just above, here is a more rigorous discussion of effects:
https://alivebynature.com/fisetin-a-powerful-senolytic-that-extends-health-and-lifespan/
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I have been taking 1200mg of fisetin in a single dose for 2 days every month. For the last 2 months, I have taken it every 2 weeks because I have liked the effects I have seen and want to see if more frequent doses will increase improvements. I weigh 125 pounds.
The first noticable improvement was not my own, but my mom's. She has had a nickel size flat mole on her cheek for about 15 years. After 2 monthly sessions, it had disappeared and only a light brown freckle the size of a pencil eraser head remains. She has not done more regular sessions. Because of her immediate significant improvement, I started watching my own moles. Ones that have darkened with age have all lightened and decreased in size, though none of mine have disappeared, but I have had them since I was a child where my mom's came in her 50s.
I have injury onset arthritis in my large toe, and the pain has almost completely gone away. While my toe has slowly recovered, the arthritis kept me even from walking more than 30 minutes at a moderate pace without noticable pain for years.
When I take the fisetin, I feel extra tired for a few days and sometimes random aches and pains or muscle soarness, but it goes away after a few days. My husband felt like he had a sunburn the first time he took it (he is fair skinned and burns easily and sometimes blisters). I attribute the pains and soarness to apoptosis and treat it like I do muscle soreness from exercise- in that I try to eat plenty of protein and nutrients to grow new cells and give my body some recovery time.
I am not currently adding in anything to enhance bioavailability because I am seeing impressive results with just the supplement (Swanson brand). Also, at least the high dose study in rats was straight oral gavage, so I don't feel the need to alter treatment.
As a side note, other supplements I have taken for about 4 years: I take 1T of omega3 fish oil daily (4500mg), NAD+ in the form of 2 Elysium pills a day, I have previously taken Mitoq, but haven't for about 4 months, 4000mg VitD, 1000mg VitC, Children's chewable multivitamin, and a probiotic.
I also fast for 18-24 hours once a month from both food and water.
All improvements listed above were after starting Fisetin supplementation about 9 months ago. I would need to do a little more digging for the exact time.
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Fairy8i8 Mike Almerjanski
Thank you for your report. It is interesting to learn about your positive experiences from Fisetin. Especially since you first have used a program with a monthly treatment interval and later have had treatments twice monthly. It is fascinating that old moles can disappear after a few treatments.
This might make the rest of us consider more regular treatment intervals – similar to what you and Mike have done. Personally, I have taken a rest from senolytic treatment with fisetin. This since I did not want to overdo it. Personally, I have incorporated 100 mg fisetin an daily basis.
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Staffan Olsson Thanks for your feedback. Daily low dose has been shown to do good things for people, but doesn't necessarily give the senolytic effects. Looking at the mouse study published last year, reduction in senescent cells happened after continual high dosing for 2 weeks or a single very high dose, but once treatment was stopped, senescent cells continued to increase, so regular dosing is needed if you want to keep senescent cells cleared. I decided on monthly because one of the human studies is currently doing a high dose for 2 days a month for 2 months on 70+ year old women. I figured if they could do that, then it was safe for me to do it. I have just continued monthly dosing for longer. I have increased to every 2 weeks because I want to see if it will do even more. I am not worried about toxicity because I am not taking it daily, so my body has time to clear it and recover. Even daily high doses were helpful for 2 weeks in mice. My moles are also a good way for me to monitor effects, so that has given me confidence in increasing frequency of dose. If nothing else, it is possibly reducing the likelihood of skin cancer.
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Hello everyone I wanted to make my first post here as I have been doing a fisetin routine for a year now just about and I have results that are not placebo and very profound. I honestly do not know if this is the senylotic effect or some kind of interaction with fisetin in other ways.
To get it out of the way, I will give the fast and short version. I am taking Swanson’s Fisetin. I take around 2g a day for 3 days( now 2.5g). I repeat this for 3 or 4 times with varying intervals (I was trying to find optimal intervals).
My my first regimen was 3 days treatment with a 2 week delay, then a 3 week delay, then a 4 week delay, then a 2 month delay. I am now convinced a 3 week delay is the minimal amount of time you want taking this the way I am, though I will continue with 4 week delay for safety sake and because of my own observations.
So results. Well I feel like this must play on hormone levels in the short term. Immediately after starting a 3 day regimen, usually on day 2 or 3 I feel strong as hell. In particular my legs are tight and super strong. My muscles in general are firmer and overall strength is amazing. My mind is clear, thinking concise and dynamic. I feel more dominant, self confident, and aggressive. Libido is enhanced as well. This all led me to believe that this acts as a testosterone mimic or elevates testosterone in the blood which is why I cycle monthly and then take a few months off every so often.
i can tell you that at the age of 43 this makes me legitimately remember what early 20s feels like. The effects of one 3 day regimen last strongly for 2 weeks and even on for 4 weeks. In particular during week one and two I was amazed at the amount of pure emotion and clarity of the world around me. I could hear and appreciate sounds and colors seemed more vibrant. Mentally I am on overdrive with super memory and crystal clear logical thinking. I remember the first time I took this I was shocked. I was in a cafe just looking at a coke I had bought in a glass amazed at how more real and present it looked. A small thing but it was profound just how the world seemed more alive. It literally felt like going back in time 20 years.
So for long term effects. A stronger posture, better muscle tone, improved gum health, vastly more energy, in fact this has become all the norm after around 8 months of this. Many of the effects I described in the first two weeks following a 3 day regimen do taper off to an extent, but never completely.
As far as side effects there has not been anything thus far. When you are taking the 3 day dose you might get amped up a little jittery but that gives way quickly after the last dosage and it normalizes into a even effect that is positive in nature. I was very concerned about hair loss as I could not believe how impactful this was. But I have noticed no hair loss at all. I cycle it with a 3 or 4 week break to ensure that there is no negative effect on hair or otherwise. With a two week interval I had some scalp itchiness. That was enough to back me off to to four week intervals.
I honestly think that most of what I experienced is not the senylotic effect. It’s way too fast and profound. But I have no ill effects and feel incredible. And overall I have a youthful vigor and look and feel younger. I think a senylotic evaluation, as far as a laymen just observing himself goes ,can only really be done after 2 years or so. However the initial results ( especially gum health) and from what else I can observe are overwhelmingly positive.
I can tell you that this does have an affect and it is profound and noticeable. How much of this is hormone I do not know. But I have other improved health as well, however it’s always tricky to quantify this objectively yourself sometimes.
Good luck on your experiments. Let me know if this has the same effect for you. I just bought Swanson’s with nouvestein. Nothing fancy. Cheap and on amazon.
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David C Are you still taking fisetin? How are things going?
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David C Do you take the fisetin in oil or just capsules?
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Capsules right out of bottle
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Just an FYI.
I've been on weekly liposomal fisetin for several years. Recently I've had a recurrence of eczema. Rx w steroid ointment.
I came across a research article about fisetin and non histamine itching & psoriatic skin dz. With Hi dose oral fisetin (2400 mg liposomal /d) Now at 14 days, w no steroid creme use, no itching, no new eczema lesions, all old ones healing
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Allen DeLaney ,
Thanks for a concise report on personal experience. Post the link to the article if you have time.
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Allen DeLaney
Also, on vigorous effect to lower my omega 6/ omega 3 ratio to reduce general tendency to inflammation. Eliminated all seed oils & taking 1 gm DHA/EPA supplement BID, so my eczema remission may not be solely due to the hi fisetin intake Allen DeLaney
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