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James R. Litton, Jr.; Specificity of the alpha-tocophenol (Vitamin E) effect on lifespan and fecundity of bdelloid rotifers. Hydrobiologia 147:135-139, 1987
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Experiments were undertaken to determine molecular specificity of Vitamin E-effects on lifespan and fecundity in four bdelloid rotifers (Habrotrocha sp. Philodina sp. Pleuretra sp. and Rotaria sp.). Results indicate that lifespan and fecundity could be significantly increased by addition of any one of three tocopherol compounds (d-alpha-, beta-, and delta-tocopherol) to the rotifer medium. Life table functions were increased the most by the d-alpha-tocopherol form. Improvement of these life table functions was not achieved by substitution of tocopherol analogs or other antioxidants in the rotifer medium.