Blueberry extract prolongs lifespan of Drosophila melanogaster

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 170-178

  Peng, Cheng ^a   Zuo, Yuanyuan ^a   Kwan, Kin Ming ^a   Liang, Yintong ^a   Ma, Ka Ying ^a   Chan, Ho Yin Edwin ^a   Huang, Yu ^a   Yu, Hongjian ^b   Chen, Zhen Yu ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Tianjin Jianfeng Natural Product Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Blueberry; Catalase; Fruit fly; Lifespan; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

BLUEBERRY EXTRACT; CATALASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PARAQUAT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLIMBING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOWN REGULATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE PRODUCT; GENETIC STRAIN; GUSTATORY SYSTEM; LIFE EXTENSION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; METHUSELAH GENE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RPN11 GENE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; UPREGULATION; WILD TYPE;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; VACCINIUM;

EID: 84856214461     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: 18736815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2011.12.001     Document Type: Article

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