Research Article

Piquiá Shells (Caryocar villosum): A Fruit by-Product with Antioxidant and Antiaging Properties in Caenorhabditis elegans

Table 4

Mean and median lifespan of wild-type (N2) and mutant worms for daf-16 (CF1038) and skn-1 (EU1) treated with Caryocar villosum fruit shells (CV).

StrainTreatment (μg/mL) (days) (days) valuea

N2Untreated control501
EGCG 50470<0.0001
CV 50488<0.0001
CV 100437<0.0001
CV 200449<0.0001

CF1038Untreated control339
EGCG 503340.63
CV 2003040.27

EU1Untreated control409
EGCG 504150.54
CV 2003850.69

a values (treatment vs. untreated control) were determined by the log-rank test.