The effect of dichloroacetate on health- and lifespan in C. elegans

Biogerontology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 195-209

  Schaffer, S ^a   Gruber, J ^a   Ng, L F ^a   Fong, S ^a   Wong, Y T ^a   Tang, S Y ^a,b   Halliwell, B ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; C. elegans; Dichloroacetate; Healthspan; Lifespan; Mitochondria; Mortality; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

DICHLOROACETIC ACID; DNA; LIPID; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DOSAGE; HEALTH; LIFESPAN; LIPID STORAGE; LOCOMOTION; LONGEVITY; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; METABOLIC TUNING; MITOCHONDRION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TUNING CURVE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AGING; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DICHLOROACETATE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; LIPID METABOLISM; LOCOMOTION; LONGEVITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 79958170977     PISSN: 13895729     EISSN: 15736768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10522-010-9310-7     Document Type: Article

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