X-Message-Number: 21106
Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2003 20:29:37 -0800 (PST)
From: Doug Skrecky <>
Subject: 81'st update on fly longevity experiments
This is the 81'st update of my fly longevity experiments. Average
temperature was 21.5 C during this run. Here I test a variety of beverages
found mostly in the Vancouver's Chinatown.
A common weed here in Canada, called loosestrife had the most
interesting results. The low dose bottle of loosestrife may have had a lot
of older flies in it, which would account for the poor early survival.
However after day 17, the rate of decline was slower than most bottles,
and some survival advantage eventually accrued at older ages versus the
control. The high dose of loosestrife had the best overall survival, and
appears to be worth taking another look at.
Run #81 Percent Survival on Day
supplement 17 27 34 39 44 49 55 60 65 72 77 83 89 95
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control 82 65 59 41 47 24 12 6 6 0 - - - -
ganmao qingre ghongi 1/8 tsp 71 71 67 67 67 57 52 38 24 14 14 0 - -
ganmao qingre ghongi 1/2 tsp 63 53 53 53 42 26 16 11 11 11 11 5 0 -
guandong liang 1/8 tsp 91 91 73 55 55 55 45 36 27 0 - - - -
guandong liang 1/2 tsp 69 46 31 31 31 23 23 23 8 8 0 - - -
herb of Chinese prayer 1/8 tsp 63 56 38 38 31 19 6 6 0 - - - - -
herb of Chinese prayer 1/2 tsp 60 47 47 47 47 40 27 20 13 7 7 7 0 -
honey suckle 1/8 tsp 69 63 56 38 38 38 38 38 13 13 6 0 - -
honey suckle 1/2 tsp 70 60 60 40 30 30 20 10 10 10 10 10 10 0
ling zhi 1/8 tsp 67 47 33 27 20 20 20 20 20 7 7 0 - -
ling zhi 1/2 tsp 65 45 40 40 25 20 10 5 5 0 - - - -
loosestrife 1/8 tsp 40 40 40 30 30 30 20 20 10 0 - - - -
loosestrife 1/2 tsp 90 90 80 50 50 50 30 30 30 20 20 10 10 0
ng fa cha 1/8 tsp 92 75 75 75 67 50 42 33 0 - - - - -
ng fa cha 1/2 tsp 60 47 40 33 33 20 20 13 0 - - - - -
dealcoholized Loxon white wine 95 85 50 35 25 25 25 25 20 10 10 5 0 -
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