X-Message-Number: 18247 Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 12:19:56 -0800 (PST) From: Doug Skrecky <> Subject: 55'th update on fly longevity experiments This is the 55'th update of my fly longevity experiments. All bottles contain 1/4 tsp citric acid as a standard additive. Recorded average temperature during the experiment was 25.5 C. I used the same breeding bottle, as the previous run. However quite a few flies had since died in this bottle, which did not have antiviral soy protein in it. The control results again confirm that these flies are not very healthy. The benefits noted in the tansy, and tarragon bottles I beleive to be due to an antiviral effect. In the next run the effect of both rice protein and citric acid are tracked. Run #55 Percent Survival on Day supplement 4 9 15 21 28 37 42 47 53 59 65 ____________________________________________________________ control 93 80 13 13 7 0 - - - - - ammonium chloride 1/16 tsp 100 50 0 - - - - - - - - aucubin 0.48 mg 100 87 27 7 0 - - - - - - escin 50 mg 100 73 0 - - - - - - - - galega 1/4 tsp 100 69 0 - - - - - - - - lemon balm 50 mg 100 63 13 0 - - - - - - - tansy 1/4 tsp 100 90 70 50 40 30 30 30 20 10 0 tarragon 1/4 tsp 100 73 64 55 36 27 18 18 9 9 0 Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=18247