A.V. Zhirmunsky National Scientific Center of Marine Biology (Far Eastern Branch), Russian Academy of Sciences, 17 Palchevskogo Str., 690041 Vladivostok, Russia
Ekaterina Ermolenko
A.V. Zhirmunsky National Scientific Center of Marine Biology (Far Eastern Branch), Russian Academy of Sciences, 17 Palchevskogo Str., 690041 Vladivostok, Russia
Tatiana Poleshchuk
Department of Normal and Pathological Physiology, Pacific State Medical University, 2 Ostryakova Ave., 690002 Vladivostok, Russia
Sergey Kasyanov
A.V. Zhirmunsky National Scientific Center of Marine Biology (Far Eastern Branch), Russian Academy of Sciences, 17 Palchevskogo Str., 690041 Vladivostok, Russia
Τhis mini-review summarizes the hematopoietic and immunostimulating properties of alkyl glycerol ethers (AGs) reported earlier in the literature available to us. The role of AGs in the nervous system and aging of the body are also briefly described. We made an attempt to consider the data in terms of adaptation. The hematopoietic, immunostimulating and antioxidant properties of AGs in a variety of experimental situations, including stress, as well as the protective action of AGs against some adaptation diseases, allow us to consider them as substances that prevent some negative effects of stress and promote adaptation. The new approach to AGs as adaptogens seems promising and opens good opportunities for their new application.
