There are described compositions comprising an effective amount of a combination of two or more components, said components selected from acacetin, ACT1 peptide, alpha-lipolic acid, alprostadil, anisomycin, apigenin, ascorbic acid, astragalus, berberine, beta-lapachone, beta-hydroxy-beta-methyl-butyrate, bacopa monnieri, catechin, catechol, chamomile, chrysin, coumestrol, curcumin, dinitrophenol,dinoprost, ellagic acid, (-)-epigallocatechin gallate, green tea extract, fisetin, genistein, ginsenoside RE, glabridin, 18-alfa-glycyrrhetinic acid, 18-beta-glycyrrhetinic acid, glycyrrhizin, hydroquinone, isoquercitrin (EMIQ), kaempferol, kuromanin, leucine, lithium, luteolin, luteolin, luteolinidin, melatonin, menadione, 1-methylnicotinamide (MNA), methyl salicylate, myricetin, nadide, niacin (vitamin B3), nicotinamide (NAM), nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN), nicotinamide riboside (NR), nicotinic acid adenine dinucleotide (Na AD), nicotinic acid mononucleotide (Na MN), parsley (petroselinium crispum), phenylephrine, pokeweed mitogen, 15-Delta prostaglandin J2, puromycin, quercetin, quinolinic acid, retinoic acid, trichostatin A, troxrutin, rutin, tryptophan, vitamin D3, withaferin A, wortmannin and zinc (including salts thereof).