Research Article

Gengnianchun, a Traditional Chinese Medicine, Enhances Oxidative Stress Resistance and Lifespan in Caenorhabditis elegans by Modulating daf-16/FOXO

Table 2

Survival time data under oxidative stress: effects of GNC treatment on wild-type and mutant C. elegans.

StrainTreatment (mg/mL)Mean survival hours (±SEM)Worms ()% change value

N2Control25.83 ± 0.71 9267<0.0001
3.94-GNC43.13 ± 1.17 90
eat-2 (ad465)Control35.69 ± 0.68 8932<0.0001
3.94-GNC46.95 ± 0.90 91
rsks-1 (ok1255)Control37.39 ± 0.69 9839<0.0001
3.94-GNC51.88 ± 1.02 99
isp-1 (qm150)Control20.40 ± 0.71 9042<0.0001
3.94-GNC28.94 ± 0.72 94
nuo-6 (qm200)Control19.09 ± 0.57 9247<0.0001
3.94-GNC28.04 ± 0.72 98
glp-1 (e2144)Control30.54 ± 0.62 9524<0.0001
3.94-GNC37.92 ± 0.76 96
daf-16 (mu86)Control19.60 ± 0.63 900.060.2311
3.94-GNC20.74 ± 0.70 92
daf-2 (e1370)Control51.43 ± 1.56 9128<0.0001
3.94-GNC65.87 ± 1.76 92
age-1 (hx546)Control45.82 ± 1.31 9721<0.0001
3.94-GNC55.61 ± 1.51 92