Fig. 7.
Rotenone-triggered lethality in D. melanogaster and its suppression by antioxidative properties of turmeric. Mortality percent among male (A) and female (B) Drosophila cultured to rotenone (250, 500, and 1000 μM)-supplemented diet and rotenone with 0.5% turmeric-supplemented diet. Rotenone appearance posed a concentration-reliant lethality both in male and female Drosophila, and this lethality reduced when Drosophila exposed to a 0.5% turmeric-supplemented diet. C Percentage of DPPH-free radicals inhibition by methanol, ethyl acetate, and ethanol extracts of turmeric. MET, methanol extract of turmeric; EAET, ethyl acetate extract of turmeric; EET, ethanol extract of turmeric