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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Wang E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4830245 | biostudies-other | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
PeerJ 20160407
Green vegetables are thought to be responsible for several beneficial properties such as antioxidant, anti-mutagenic, and detoxification activities. It is not known whether these effects are due to chlorophyll which exists in large amounts in many foods or result from other secondary metabolites. In this study, we used the model system Caenorhabditis elegans to investigate the anti-oxidative and anti-aging effects of chlorophyll in vivo. We found that chlorophyll significantly improves resistanc ...[more]