Deceptively simple but simply deceptive - Caenorhabditis elegans lifespan studies: Considerations for aging and antioxidant effects

FEBS Letters

Volumn 583, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 3377-3387

  Gruber, Jan ^a   Ng, Li Fang ^a   Poovathingal, Suresh Kumar ^b   Halliwell, Barry ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aging; Antioxidant; Artifact; Caenorhabditis elegans; Lifespan; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ALPHA TOCOTRIENOL; ANTIOXIDANT; ETHOSUXIMIDE; FLOXURIDINE; FREE RADICAL; PSORALEA CORYLIFOLIA EXTRACT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RESVERATROL; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UBIDECARENONE;

AGING; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTIFACT; BACTERIAL CELL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CELL CULTURE MONITORING; CELL DENSITY; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG SCREENING; HORMESIS; LIFESPAN; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WORM EGG;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 70350676299     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2009.09.051     Document Type: Review

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