Black tea theaflavins extend the lifespan of fruit flies

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 773-783

  Peng, Cheng ^a   Chan, Ho Yin Edwin ^a   Li, Yuk Man ^b   Huang, Yu ^a   Chen, Zhen Yu ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Black tea; Catalase; Flies; Lifespan; Lipid peroxidation; Methuselah; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

BLACK TEA EXTRACT; CATALASE; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; EPICATECHIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PARAQUAT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THEAFLAVIN;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FAT INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION; LIFESPAN; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL TIME;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIFLAVONOIDS; CATECHIN; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LONGEVITY; PARAQUAT; TEA;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 70449724600     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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