X-Message-Number: 21034
Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2003 11:02:22 -0800 (PST)
From: Doug Skrecky <>
Subject: 80'th update on fly longevity experiments

    This is the 80'th update of my fly longevity experiments. Average
temperature was 21.6 C during this run.
    Lemon essential oil was found to be quite poisonous to flies. All
flies appeared to be dead after just a few hours exposure to lemon oil
fumes.
    However flies appeared to thrive on alcohol free beer (Clausthaler
malt). This result looked good enough, that it is being followed up on in
run 84, to see if this is a chance finding.

Run #80                               Percent Survival on Day
supplement                    18 28 35 40 45 50 56 61 66 73 78 84 90 96
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control                       63 59 44 44 33 26 22 19  4  0  -  -  -  -
glucose 1 tsp                 66 62 34 31 28 21 17 14  7  7  3  3  0  -
glucose 2 tsp                 65 40 30 25 25 15 10 10  5  0  -  -  -  -
honey, buckwheat 2 tsp        65 61 52 48 39 35 30 22 17 13 13  4  0  -
honey, buckwheat 4 tsp        69 44 31 31 25 19 19 19 13  0  -  -  -  -
melatonin 40 mg               47 33 20 20 20 20 13  7  7  0  -  -  -  -
melatonin 80 mg               67 33 17 17 11  6  6  0  -  -  -  -  -  -
red wine concentrate 100 mg   69 46 38 31  8  8  0  -  -  -  -  -  -  -
red wine concentrate 200 mg   62 54 15  8  0  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -
red wine concentrate 400 mg   73 36  9  0  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -
lemon oil 4 drops             0   -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -
lemon oil 16 drops            0   -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -
ching po leung 1/8 tsp        50 30 15 15 10  5  0  -  -  -  -  -  -  -
ching po leung 1/2 tsp        58 50 25 17 17  8  8  0  -  -  -  -  -  -
malt beverage (Clausthaler)   76 76 71 71 65 65 65 41 41 35 29 12  6  0

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