Aloe vera or resveratrol supplementation in larval diet delays adult aging in the fruit fly, drosophila melanogaster

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 66 A, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 965-971

  Chandrashekara, Kagepura Thammaiah ^a   Shakarad, Mallikarjun N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Aloe vera; Antioxidant enzymes; Fruit fly; Neuroprotection; Resveratrol

Indexed keywords

ALOE VERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

CATALASE; LIPID; RESVERATROL; STILBENE DERIVATIVE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

AGING; ALOE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LARVA; LONGEVITY; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGING; ALOE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CATALASE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LARVA; LIPIDS; LONGEVITY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; STILBENES; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 80053526646     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glr103     Document Type: Article

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