A complex dietary supplement extends longevity of mice

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 275-279

  Lemon, Jennifer A ^a   Boreham, Douglas R ^a   Rollo, C David ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; BIOFLAVONOID; CHROMIUM PICOLINATE; COD LIVER OIL; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; GROWTH HORMONE; LEVACECARNINE; LINSEED OIL; MAGNESIUM; MELATONIN; NICOTINAMIDE; POTASSIUM; PRASTERONE; PYRIDOXINE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RUTOSIDE; SELENIUM; THIAMINE; THIOCTIC ACID; UBIDECARENONE; VITAMIN D; ZINC;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; FEMALE; GARLIC; GINGER; GINKGO BILOBA; GINSENG; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LONGEVITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 18244396333     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/60.3.275     Document Type: Article

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