X-Message-Number: 7839
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 22:41:49 -0800 (PST)
From: Doug Skrecky <>
Subject: 3'rd update on fly experiments 

     This is the third update on my fly experiments. There are no longer
 any zero mortality bottles as lycopene has passed the baton of lowest
 mortality to NADH, with forskolin in second place.
     The flies I am using are the Oregon R strain of drosophilia
 melanogaster, which has an average life span of 55 days at room
 temperature. Assuming an average age of 10 days at the start of the
 experiment it is apparent even without a control bottle that most of the
 bottles have underperformed, possibly because excessively high and toxic
 amounts of supplements were used in many of the bottles. Nonetheless NADH
 and forskolin appear to be beating the averages a bit at this point. It
 is interesting that although one out of 7 NADH fed flies died before day
 21, none has expired since then.
     I intend to continue doing screening experiments (though with a
 proper control) with a second run soon. This will commence as soon as a
 shipment of fly food arrives. I've bought enough of this food to last
 till the end of the century I think, so there will be no further delays.

                  Mortality
 Supplement  DAY 21  Day 31  Day 43
 Lipoic       55%     78%     89%
 Biotin       62      88     100
 CLA          57     100       -
 Forskolin    10      20      20
 Glutamine     0      83      83
 Lycopene      0       0      40
 NADH         14      14      14
 Pregnenolone  0      25      63
 Pyroglutamic 38      50      75
 RNA          43     100       -
 Xanthophyll  38      25      75


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