Fig. 1.

The effect of nectarine on lifespan and food intake of flies fed the standard diet. (A) The graph shows lifespan of Canton S males fed the standard diet (10% sugar and 10% yeast extract) supplemented with no nectarine, which is labeled as Standard diet, or with 2 or 4% nectarine extract as labeled. More than 90 males were used in each lifespan assay. (B) The graph shows lifespan of Canton S females fed the standard diet supplemented with 0, 2 or 4% nectarine. More than 90 females were used in each lifespan assay. (C) Food intake was measured in 6–8 individually housed female flies fed the standard liquid diet supplemented with or without 4% nectarine.. Food intake in μl was calculated by averaging food intake of 6–8 flies within 24h after subtracting the evaporation of the food. Error bars indicate standard errors. The lifespan curves were derived from two independent experiments.