Dietary lipoic acid supplementation can mimic or block the effect of dietary restriction on life span

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 341-348

  Merry, Brian J ^a   Kirk, Austin J ^a   Goyns, Malcolm H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Immorgene   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Dietary restriction; Epigenetic; Lipoic acid; Longevity; Rats

Indexed keywords

THIOCTIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; GROWTH RATE; LIFESPAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ENERGY INTAKE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RATS; THIOCTIC ACID; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 43649103795     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2008.04.004     Document Type: Article

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