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Life Span and Motility Effects of Ethanolic Extracts from Sophora moorcroftiana Seeds on Caenorhabditis elegans

Xin Li2, Junxian Han2, Rongyan Zhu2, Rongrong Cui2, Xingming Ma2,3★, Kaizhong Dong4★★ Corresponding author

  1. 1Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, China.
  2. 2Key Laboratory of Evidence Based Medicine and Knowledge Translation of Gansu Province, Lanzhou University, China.
  3. 3Department of Microbiology, Medical College, Northwest University for Nationalities, Lanzhou 730000, China.

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Xingming Ma

Key Laboratory of Evidence Based Medicine and Knowledge Translation of Gansu Province, Lanzhou University, China.

maxm@lzu.edu.cn

Received: 21-05-2015; Revised: 26-12-2015.

Volume 12, Issue 46S · pp. S228–S230 · PUBLISHED 11 May 2016 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.182152

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Background: Sophora moorcroftiana is an endemic shrub species with a great value in folk medicine in Tibet, China. In this study, relatively little is known about whether S. moorcroftiana is beneficial in animals’ nervous system and life span or not. Materials and Methods: To address this question, under survival normal temperature (25°C), S. moorcroftiana seeds were extracted with 95% ethanol, and Caenorhabditis elegans were exposed to three different extract concentrations (100 mg/L, 200 mg/L, and 400 mg/mL) from S. moorcroftiana seeds. Results: The 95% ethanolic extracts from S. moorcroftiana seeds could increase life span and slow aging‑related increase in C. elegans and could not obviously influence the motility of C. elegans. Conclusion: Given these results by our experiment for life span and motility with 95% ethanolic extracts from S. moorcroftiana seeds in C. elegans, the question whether S. moorcroftiana acts as an anti‑aging substance in vivo arises.

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    Li, X., Han, J., Zhu, R., Cui, R., Ma, X., & Dong, K. (2016). Life Span and Motility Effects of Ethanolic Extracts from Sophora moorcroftiana Seeds on Caenorhabditis elegans. Pharmacognosy Magazine, 12(46S), S228–S230. https://doi.org/10.4103/0973-1296.182152