A method for oral administration of hydrophilic substances to Caenorhabditis elegans: Effects of oral supplementation with antioxidants on the nematode lifespan

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 130, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 652-655

  Shibamura, Ayumi ^a   Ikeda, Takanori ^a   Nishikawa, Yoshikazu ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Caenorhabditis elegans; Liposome; Longevity; Oral administration

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; FLUORESCEIN SODIUM; FLUORESCENT DYE; GLUTATHIONE; LIPOFUSCIN; LIPOSOME; TIMONACIC; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HYDROPHILICITY; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCENT DYES; LIPOSOMES; LONGEVITY; NEMATODA; SOLUBILITY; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 69949094944     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2009.06.008     Document Type: Article

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