描述
Dehydrospermidine is the reduction form of spermidine
Spermidine is a polyamine involved in cellular metabolism that can be used to stimulate the enzyme, T7 RNA polymerase, a type of RNA polymerase. Spermidine has also been found to reduce the amount of ageing in yeast, flies, worms and human immune cells by inducing autophagy [HMDB]. Dehydrospermidine is found in many foods, some of which are japanese walnut, lentils, persimmon, and triticale.