Figure 6.

Effect of AO extracts on age-related markers. (a) AO attenuated the autofluorescent pigment lipofuscin in BA17 worms. Autofluorescent granules were measured under the blue wavelength band. Data are presented as the mean ± SEM (n = 100). AO extracts improve the pharyngeal pumping rate throughout the C. elegans aging process. (b) AO hexane extract. (c) AO methanol extract. DMSO and EGCG were used as the solvent control group and positive control group, respectively. Data are presented as the mean ± SEM (n = 30, replicated three times). ^∗ p < 0.05, ^∗∗ p < 0.01, ^∗∗∗ p < 0.001, and ^∗∗∗∗ p < 0.0001, compared to the DMSO control by one-way ANOVA following Bonferroni's method (post hoc).