Cocoa confers life span extension in Drosophila melanogaster

Nutrition Research

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 377-382

  Bahadorani, Sepehr ^a   Hilliker, Arthur J ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Cocoa; Drosophila melanogaster; Heavy metals; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CACAO; CLIMBING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; LARVA; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MITOCHONDRION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; ANTIOXIDANTS; CACAO; CHELATING AGENTS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLAVONOIDS; IRON; LONGEVITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT EXTRACTS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SEEDS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 44149091227     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2008.03.018     Document Type: Article

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