From: Doug Skrecky (oberon@vcn.bc.ca)
Date: Sat Sep 14 2002 - 12:28:54 MDT
This is the 67'th update of my fly longevity experiments. Average
temperature was 23.3 C during this run. Here I look at the effect of
paprika freshness, and look at the effect of freeze concentration with
coconut juice. For the first time I test CDP-choline.
The control results were better than with the last run, so I presume
pathogens were less of a controlling factor in this experiment. Not
coincidentally the average starting age of the flies probably was also
lower than in the previous experiment, as the same breeding bottle that
was used last run, was reused for this run. Fresh paprika had no
significant effect, and old paprika proved to be mildly toxic.
CDP-choline provided a strong beneficial effect at the highest 500 mg
dosage, so more testing of this supplement is in order. Freeze
concentrating coconut juice offered no additional benefit, but coconut
juice did prove to be as effective in increasing longevity as high dose
CDP-choline.
Run #67 Percent Survival on Day
supplement 7 17 24 30 37 45 54 63 72
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control 83 78 74 70 61 9 0 - -
CDP-choline 62 mg 90 60 55 45 35 0 - - -
CDP-choline 125 mg 100 83 76 66 52 28 10 0 -
CDP-choline 250 mg 100 85 85 65 58 31 15 0 -
CDP-choline 500 mg 100 89 89 89 89 48 26 4 0
cinnamon,old 1/16 tsp 96 93 52 41 19 4 4 0 -
coconut juice 100 85 85 81 69 42 23 4 0
coconut juice FC 100 81 69 62 54 38 23 4 0
oleuropein 35 mg 95 73 55 32 27 9 5 0 -
paprika, new 1/4 tsp 100 81 69 66 47 16 9 0 -
paprika, old 1/4 tsp 89 63 59 48 30 11 0 - -
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