Research Article

Pasteurized Orange Juice Rich in Carotenoids Protects Caenorhabditis elegans against Oxidative Stress and β-Amyloid Toxicity through Direct and Indirect Mechanisms

Table 3

Effect of pasteurized juice from ‘Bahia’ and ‘Cara Cara’ oranges on C. elegans lifespan.

ConditionMaximum survival ()Mean survival ()% mean survival time variation vs. untreated value (log rank) POJa vs. untreatedb value (log rank) PBJc vs. PCJb,de

Untreated243 (3)
2% Bahia22.0<0.0001255 (3)
2% Cara Cara29.5<0.00010.0003234 (3)

aPOJ, pasteurized orange juice, bcomparisons were performed using log-rank (Mantel-Cox) test. cPBJ, pasteurized ‘Bahia’ orange juice, dPCJ, pasteurized ‘Cara Cara’ orange juice, etotal number of animals analyzed. The number in parentheses indicates the number of independent trials.