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| Title |
Pomegranate Juice Enhances Healthy Lifespan in Drosophila melanogaster: An Exploratory Study
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Public Health, December 2014
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpubh.2014.00245 |
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| Authors |
Subramani Paranthaman Balasubramani, Jayaram Mohan, Arunita Chatterjee, Esha Patnaik, Subrahmanya Kumar Kukkupuni, Upendra Nongthomba, Padmavathy Venkatasubramanian |
| Abstract |
Exploring innovative ways to ensure healthy aging of populations is a pre-requisite to contain rising healthcare costs. Scientific research into the principles and practices of traditional medicines can provide new insights and simple solutions to lead a healthy life. Rasayana is a dedicated branch of Ayurveda (an Indian medicine) that deals with methods to increase vitality and delay aging through the use of diet, herbal supplements, and other lifestyle practices. The life-span and health-span enhancing actions of the fruits of pomegranate (Punica granatum L.), a well-known Rasayana, were tested on Drosophila melanogaster (fruitfly) model. Supplementation of standard corn meal with 10% (v/v) pomegranate juice (PJ) extended the life-span of male and female flies by 18 and 8%, respectively. When male and female flies were mixed and reared together, there was 19% increase in the longevity of PJ fed flies, as assessed by MSD, the median survival day (24.8). MSD for control and resveratrol (RV) groups was at 20.8 and 23.1 days, respectively. A two-fold enhancement in fecundity, improved resistance to oxidative stress (H2O2 and paraquat induced) and to Candida albicans infection were observed in PJ fed flies. Further, the flies in the PJ fed group were physically active over an extended period of time, as assessed by the climbing assay. PJ thus outperformed both control and RV groups in the life-span and health-span parameters tested. This study provides the scope to explore the potential of PJ as a nutraceutical to improve health span and lifespan in human beings. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| India | 1 | 33% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 1 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 1 | 33% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 33% |
| Members of the public | 1 | 33% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| India | 1 | 1% |
| United States | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 69 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 12 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 11 | 15% |
| Researcher | 8 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 6% |
| Other | 9 | 13% |
| Unknown | 19 | 27% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 12 | 17% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 12 | 17% |
| Psychology | 7 | 10% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 4 | 6% |
| Neuroscience | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 11 | 15% |
| Unknown | 22 | 31% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 14. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 January 2021.
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#2,335,701
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#33,330
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#6
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