Treatment | Wisconsin Ginseng extract from Panax quinquefolius | physical function | healthspan biomarkers | lifespan | Transcriptome | Proteome | Metabolome | Target | Reference | blinded |
CID (PubChem) | | ChEMBL | | | | | pharyngeal pumping | | | | locomotion on solid media | | | | locomotion on solid media | | | | muscle integrity | | | | median lifespan | | | | mean lifespan | | | | | | | | | |
Concentration | Exposure time | Food | Growth medium | Special additives | C. elegans strain | Temperature | Change compared to control | Percentual change compared to control | p < 0.05 | notes | Change compared to control | Percentual change compared to control | p < 0.05 | notes | Change compared to control | Percentual change compared to control | p < 0.05 | notes | Change compared to control | Percentual change compared to control | p < 0.05 | notes | Change compared to control | Percentual change compared to control | p < 0.05 | notes | Change compared to control | Percentual change compared to control | p < 0.05 | notes | | | | | | |
100 µg/ml | whole life; start: L1 | OP50 | NGM agar | | PD4251 {dpy-20(e1282); ccIs4251 [(pSAK2) myo-3p::GFP::LacZ::NLS + (pSAK4) myo-3p::mitochondrial GFP + dpy-20(+)]} | 20°C | | | | | | | | | | | | | up | 22.34 | yes | age-associated muscle cellular deterioration measured by fluorescence; significant changes only in A15, not in A4, A7, and A10; Electron microscopy shows ultrastructural rejuvination of body wall muscle cells in A11 | up | 13.33 | n.d. | | up | | no | only small differences are recognizable compared to control | | | | | Cao Z, Wu Y, Curry K, Wu Z, Christen Y, Luo Y (2007) Ginkgo biloba extract EGb 761 and Wisconsin Ginseng delay sarcopenia in Caenorhabditis elegans. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 62, 1337-1345. | |
100 µg/ml | whole life; start: L1 | OP50 | NGM agar | | N2 (wild type) | 20°C | up | | yes | A14; unchanged in A5, A8 and A11 | up | | yes | A3-A15; Fraction of worms moving sinusoidal after prodding or spontaniously; significant changes in A9, A11, and A13 | up | | yes | Significantly increased in A14; slightly increased (not significant) in A5 and A11; slightly decreased (not significant) in A8; measured by counting body bends | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Cao Z, Wu Y, Curry K, Wu Z, Christen Y, Luo Y (2007) Ginkgo biloba extract EGb 761 and Wisconsin Ginseng delay sarcopenia in Caenorhabditis elegans. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 62, 1337-1345. | |
10 µg/ml | whole life; start: L1 | OP50 | NGM agar | | N2 (wild type) | 20°C | | | | | up | | n.d. | A3-A15; Fraction of worms moving sinusoidal after prodding or spontaniously | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Cao Z, Wu Y, Curry K, Wu Z, Christen Y, Luo Y (2007) Ginkgo biloba extract EGb 761 and Wisconsin Ginseng delay sarcopenia in Caenorhabditis elegans. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 62, 1337-1345. | |
500 µg/ml | whole life; start: L1 | OP50 | NGM agar | | N2 (wild type) | 20°C | | | | | up | | n.d. | A3-A15; Fraction of worms moving sinusoidal after prodding or spontaniously | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Cao Z, Wu Y, Curry K, Wu Z, Christen Y, Luo Y (2007) Ginkgo biloba extract EGb 761 and Wisconsin Ginseng delay sarcopenia in Caenorhabditis elegans. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 62, 1337-1345. | |