Effects of excess sugars and lipids on the growth and development of Caenorhabditis elegans

Genes & Nutrition

Table 1 The mean life span of N2 in different sugars

Sucrose (mmol/L)	Average life (days)	Relative life rate of change (%)	Fructose (mmol/L)	Average life (days)	Relative life rate of change (%)	Glucose (mmol/L)	Average life (days)	Relative life rate of change (%)
0	9.13 ± 0.41^b		0	9.13 ± 0.28^b		0	9.33 ± 0.08^d
5	9.14 ± 0.19^b	+ 0.14	5	9.46 ± 0.56^b	+ 3.63	5	10.67 ± 0.14^c	+ 14.36
50	12.13 ± 0.33^a	+ 32.84	50	11.26 ± 0.23^a	+ 23.36	50	11.14 ± 0.19^bc	+ 19.40
400	7.81 ± 0.38^c	− 14.43	400	9.26 ± 0.21^b	+ 1.52	400	11.37 ± 0.22^ab	+ 21.86
500	7.64 ± 0.38^c	− 16.34	500	9.10 ± 0.21^b	− 0.36	500	11.9 ± 0.28^a	+ 27.55
550	7.61 ± 0.21^c	− 16.61	550	9.03 ± 0.59^b	− 1.15	520	6 ± 0.3^e	− 35.69

Data are presented as mean ± SEM (n = 30). Values without a common letter are significantly different at p < 0.05

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