The garlic constituent diallyl trisulfide increases the lifespan of C. elegans via skn-1 activation

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 441-452

  Powolny, Anna A ^a,b   Singh, Shivendra V ^a,b   Melov, Simon ^c   Hubbard, Alan ^d   Fisher, Alfred L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c BUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; C. elegans; Diallyl trisulfide; Garlic; Gst 4; Microarray; Skn 1

Indexed keywords

DIALLYL TRISULFIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GST 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SKN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT ANIMAL; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GARLIC; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE NUMBER; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC REGULATION; INTESTINE; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MUTANT; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLYL COMPOUNDS; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GARLIC; INTESTINES; LONGEVITY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEURONS; PLANT EXTRACTS; SULFIDES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ALLIUM; ALLIUM SATIVUM; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 79955632661     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2011.01.005     Document Type: Article

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