virus induced mortality.
consider Coconut oil?
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From: "Doug Skrecky" <oberon@vcn.bc.ca>
To: <extropians-digest@extropy.com>
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 11:59 AM
Subject: 51'st update on fly longevity experiments
: This is the 51'st update of my fly longevity experiments. All bottles
: contain 1/4 tsp citric acid as a standard additive. Recorded average
: temperature during the experiment was 25.9 C.
: For this experiment I used an older breeding bottle, that had seen a
: lot of mortality, and which I would expect to be heavily infected. Control
: survival showed this batch was indeed suffering from the fly equivalent of
: the black death. Only egg albumin failed to improve survival. Of the
: supplements tested, rice polishings and soy protein offered the most
: impressive results. Soy genistein is known to exert a strong antiviral
: effect on at least some types of virus. Since soy protein is not
: expensive, I've added it to some new batches of breeding bottles. My
: eventual goal is to eradicate virus induced mortality.
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: Run #51 Percent Survival on Day
: supplement 4 11 16 22 27 32 37 43
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: control 81 5 5 0 - - - -
: albumin 1 tsp 86 29 7 0 - - - -
: rice polishings 1 tsp 100 81 69 69 31 19 6 0
: Na carboxymethylcellulose 1/4 tsp 90 35 30 20 5 5 5 0
: soy protein 1 tsp 100 79 79 64 43 14 7 0
: taro starch 1 tsp 90 62 62 38 10 5 0 -
: wheat gluten 1 tsp 86 67 38 10 10 5 5 0
: whey protein 1 tsp 100 75 56 38 6 0 - -
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