EDIT: Sorry, i did not notice this was already posted in an old thread. However, as it's an important study, I will leave it here as a separate thread. In the light of evidence I think we can all move along now and forget about this potentially harmful chemical that does not seem to extend life even in laboratory animals.
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C60 in olive oil causes light-dependent toxicity and does not extend lifespan in mice
Grohn K., Moyer B., et al.
Published: 29 October 2020
GeroScience (2020)
Abstract
C60 is a potent antioxidant that has been reported to substantially extend the lifespan of rodents when formulated in olive oil (C60-OO) or extra virgin olive oil (C60-EVOO). Despite there being no regulated form of C60-OO, people have begun obtaining it from online sources and dosing it to themselves or their pets, presumably with the assumption of safety and efficacy. In this study, we obtain C60-OO from a sample of online vendors, and find marked discrepancies in appearance, impurity profile, concentration, and activity relative to pristine C60-OO formulated in-house. We additionally find that pristine C60-OO causes no acute toxicity in a rodent model but does form toxic species that can cause significant morbidity and mortality in mice in under 2 weeks when exposed to light levels consistent with ambient light. Intraperitoneal injections of C60-OO did not affect the lifespan of CB6F1 female mice. Finally, we conduct a lifespan and health span study in males and females C57BL/6 J mice comparing oral treatment with pristine C60-EVOO and EVOO alone versus untreated controls. We failed to observe significant lifespan and health span benefits of C60-EVOO or EVOO supplementation compared to untreated controls, both starting the treatment in adult or old age. Our results call into question the biological benefit of C60-OO in aging.
https://link.springe...-X9_dCxDpmVqS8U
Edited by Captain Obvious, 01 November 2020 - 09:19 AM.