Dietary Intake of Curcuma longa and Emblica officinalis Increases Life Span in Drosophila melanogaster
Joint Authors
Rawal, Shilpa
Gupta, Ayush
Singh, Pavneet
Mohanty, Sujata
Source
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-05-22
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Intake of food and nutrition plays a major role in affecting aging process and longevity.
However, the precise mechanisms underlying the ageing process are still unclear.
To this respect, diet has been considered to be a determinant of ageing process.
In order to better illustrate this, we used Drosophila melanogaster as a model and fed them orally with different concentrations of two commonly used Indian medicinal plant products, Curcuma longa (rhizome) and Emblica officinalis (fruit).
The results revealed significant increase in life span of Drosophila flies on exposure to both the plant products, more efficiently by C.
Longa than by E.
officinalis.
In order to understand whether the increase in lifespan was due to high-antioxidant properties of these medicinal plants, we performed enzymatic assays to assess the SOD and catalase activities in case of both treated and control Drosophila flies.
Interestingly, the results support the free radical theory of aging as both these plant derivatives show high reactive oxygen species (ROS) scavenging activities.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Rawal, Shilpa& Singh, Pavneet& Gupta, Ayush& Mohanty, Sujata. 2014. Dietary Intake of Curcuma longa and Emblica officinalis Increases Life Span in Drosophila melanogaster. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-507377
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Rawal, Shilpa…[et al.]. Dietary Intake of Curcuma longa and Emblica officinalis Increases Life Span in Drosophila melanogaster. BioMed Research International No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-507377
American Medical Association (AMA)
Rawal, Shilpa& Singh, Pavneet& Gupta, Ayush& Mohanty, Sujata. Dietary Intake of Curcuma longa and Emblica officinalis Increases Life Span in Drosophila melanogaster. BioMed Research International. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-507377
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-507377