Blueberry polyphenols increase lifespan and thermotolerance in Caenorhabditis elegans

Aging Cell

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 59-68

  Wilson, Mark A ^a   Shukitt Hale, Barbara ^b   Kalt, Wilhelmina ^c   Ingram, Donald K ^a   Joseph, James A ^b   Wolkow, Catherine A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Blueberry; Caenorhabditis elegans; Lifespan; Proanthocyanidin; Thermal stress

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYNONENAL; AMPICILLIN; ANTHOCYANIN; BLUEBERRY EXTRACT; CHLOROGENIC ACID; COUMARIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; PROANTHOCYANIDIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BLUEBERRY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; HEAT TOLERANCE; LIFESPAN; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LONGEVITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BLUEBERRY PLANT; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; FLAVONOIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEAT; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; LONGEVITY; MUTATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOLS; PROANTHOCYANIDINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; VACCINIUM;

EID: 33644808212     PISSN: 14749718     EISSN: 14749726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-9726.2006.00192.x     Document Type: Article

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