X-Message-Number: 20729
Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2002 10:40:02 -0800 (PST)
From: Doug Skrecky <>
Subject: 76'th update on fly longevity experiments

    This is the 76'th update of my fly longevity experiments. Average
temperature was 25.5 C during this run. This run tests whether the
relatively good survival obtained with the combination of 125 mg
acetyl-L-carnitine, and 25 mg lipoic acid in run #73, was due to chance or
not.
    The present results indicate that this fortuitous result was indeed
due to chance. Both runs indicate that acetyl-L-carnitine by itself
slightly reduces longevity. This run indicates that 100 lipoic acid may
act to slightly increase survival.

Run #76                       Percent Survival on Day
supplement                   5 10 15 21 28 33 40 45 52
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control                    100 79 79 63 16  5  5  0  -
acetyl-L-carnitine 63 mg   100 56 44 44 13  0  -  -  -
ALC 63 mg + lipoic 25 mg    92 69 65 38 15 12  4  4  0
ALC 63 mg + lipoic 100 mg  100 75 75 70 50 15  5  0  -
acetyl-L-carnitine 125 mg   95 52 57 57 24 19  0  -  -
ALC 125 mg + lipoic 25 mg   94 76 65 53 18 12  0  -  -
ALC 125 mg + lipoic 100 mg 100 82 82 71 53 18  6  0  -

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