Pineal peptide preparation epithalamin increases the lifespan of fruit flies, mice and rats

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 123-132

  Anisimov, Vladimir N ^a   Mylnikov, Sergey V ^b   Khavinson, Vladimir Kh ^b  

^a N N PETROV RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

D. melanogaster; Lifespan; Mouse; Pineal peptide preparation; Rat

Indexed keywords

EPITHALAMIN; FREE RADICAL; MELATONIN; PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; LIFESPAN; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; LONGEVITY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; PEPTIDES; PINEAL GLAND; RATS;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0032527009     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-6374(98)00034-7     Document Type: Article

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