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Procyanidins from apples (Malus pumila Mill.) extend the lifespan of Caenorhabditis elegans.
Planta medica - 1 Jan 2011
Sunagawa Tadahiro, Shimizu Takahiko, Kanda Tomomasa, Tagashira Motoyuki, Sami Manabu, Shirasawa Takuji
Abstract excerpt
Apple polyphenols (AP) mainly consist of procyanidins (PC), which are composed of (-)-epicatechins and (+)-catechins. In order to investigate the antiageing effects of PC, we measured the lifespan of CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS worms treated with PC. Treatment with 65 µg/mL PC extended the mean lifesp...
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