[Effect of Limonium bicolor on bombyxmori life-span]

Zhong Yao Cai. 1998 Mar;21(3):144-6.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

The effect of limonium bicolor decoction (LBD) (1%, 5%, 10%) on the life-span of bombyxmori was investigated. It was found that LBD could obviously prolong not only average life-span and average of highest life-span of both female bombyxmori and moth, but also the daration of female silkworm stage. Furthermore, LBD clud be antianoxiasis and hunger-resistant, these results showed that BLD could promise longevity.

MeSH terms

  • Aging / drug effects
  • Animals
  • Bombyx / drug effects
  • Bombyx / growth & development*
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / pharmacology*
  • Food Deprivation
  • Hypoxia
  • Longevity / drug effects*
  • Moths / growth & development
  • Plumbaginaceae* / chemistry*

Substances

  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal