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Chronic Consumption of Trehalose Reduces Lifespan in Drosophila Model.

In Plant foods for human nutrition (Dordrecht, Netherlands)

Trehalose has been widely used as a kind of food additives. But in recent years, with several new studies of trehalose, some harmful effects had also been found. Drosophila melanogaster was used as a model organism to explore whether trehalose affects the lifespan. The results showed that high concentrations of trehalose could significantly shorten the lifespan of female flies by 12.5%, when compared to controls.

Xu Yifan, Liu Xingyou, Tang Hao, Zhong Lichao, Zhu Xiang, Shen Jie

2023-Jan-25

Drosophila melanogaster, Lifespan, Sex specificity, Trehalose