Vitamin E extends lifespan in the short-lived rotifer Asplanchna brightwelli.
Supplementation with vitamin E at a concentration of 25 micrograms/ml significantly increased the mean lifespan of the rotifer Asplanchna brightwelli. Of the three life stages, the prereproductive, reproductive and postreproductive, only the prereproductive stage was significantly extended by vitamin E supplementation. Vitamin E supplemented rotifers were larger than control rotifers in their early stages of life, but both groups attained the same size by the end of their lifespan.
D000818:Animals; D008136:Longevity / Q000187:drug effects; D012403:Rotifera / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D014810:Vitamin E / Q000494:pharmacology*
D014810:Vitamin E