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  • Evaluation of resveratrol, green tea extract, curcumin, oxaloacetic acid, and medium-chain triglyceride oil on life span of genetically heterogeneous mice.

Evaluation of resveratrol, green tea extract, curcumin, oxaloacetic acid, and medium-chain triglyceride oil on life span of genetically heterogeneous mice.

The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences (2012-03-28)
Randy Strong, Richard A Miller, Clinton M Astle, Joseph A Baur, Rafael de Cabo, Elizabeth Fernandez, Wen Guo, Martin Javors, James L Kirkland, James F Nelson, David A Sinclair, Bruce Teter, David Williams, Nurulain Zaveri, Nancy L Nadon, David E Harrison
ABSTRACT

The National Institute on Aging Interventions Testing Program (ITP) was established to evaluate agents that are hypothesized to increase life span and/or health span in genetically heterogeneous mice. Each compound is tested in parallel at three test sites. It is the goal of the ITP to publish all results, negative or positive. We report here on the results of lifelong treatment of mice, beginning at 4 months of age, with each of five agents, that is, green tea extract (GTE), curcumin, oxaloacetic acid, medium-chain triglyceride oil, and resveratrol, on the life span of genetically heterogeneous mice. Each agent was administered beginning at 4 months of age. None of these five agents had a statistically significant effect on life span of male or female mice, by log-rank test, at the concentrations tested, although a secondary analysis suggested that GTE might diminish the risk of midlife deaths in females only.

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Product Description

Sigma-Aldrich
Oxaloacetic acid, powder, suitable for hybridoma
Sigma-Aldrich
Oxaloacetic acid, ≥97% (HPLC)
Sigma-Aldrich
Oxaloacetic acid, powder, BioReagent, suitable for cell culture, suitable for insect cell culture, ≥97% (HPLC)