A. Asea’s department studies hsp activity aiming to develop effective immunotherapeutic approaches using those proteins. This group have found for the first time that exogenous hsp70 has high cytokine activity. The scientists established that widely used adaptogens can affect plasmatic level of hsp. It was shown in experiments on mice that being regularly used, extracts of Siberian ginseng (Eleutherococcus senticosus), snowdon rose (Rhodiola rosea) and magnolia vine (Schisandra chinensis) lead to increase of the plasmatic level of hsp72. Thus an organism interprets taking adaptogens as a peculiar stress, and the resistance of the organism to actual stress situations increases. The scientists have also evaluated the role of hsp in longevity. They supposed that the level of hsp70