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Chlorophyll metabolite

Intervention

1 paper3 findings

C, W, M, H: cells, worms or flies, mice, humans. Dark: independent labs found the same change there. Light: one lab or one study. Outline: nothing yet.

  • 1 lab in 1 country
  • Funder: National Eye Institute
  • Cells1

Outcomes

2

ATP synthesis

upin Mammalia cells1upin worms1

1 study

  1. Chlorophyll metabolite increases ATP synthesis in Mammalia cells.

    “mammalian mitochondria can also capture light and synthesize ATP when mixed with a light-capturing metabolite of chlorophyll”

    Cellsmixed with a light-capturing metabolite of chlorophyll

    Light-harvesting chlorophyll pigments enable mammalian mitochondria to capture photonic energy and produce ATP

    Journal of cell science6 Nov 2013

  2. Chlorophyll metabolite increases ATP synthesis in worms.

    “The same metabolite fed to the worm Caenorhabditis elegans leads to increase in ATP synthesis upon light exposure”

    Model organismsfed a light-capturing metabolite of chlorophyll upon light exposure

    Light-harvesting chlorophyll pigments enable mammalian mitochondria to capture photonic energy and produce ATP

    Journal of cell science6 Nov 2013

Lifespan

upin worms1

1 study

  1. Chlorophyll metabolite extends lifespan in worms.

    “The same metabolite fed to the worm Caenorhabditis elegans leads to increase in ATP synthesis upon light exposure, along with an increase in life span.”

    Model organismsfed a light-capturing metabolite of chlorophyll upon light exposure

    Light-harvesting chlorophyll pigments enable mammalian mitochondria to capture photonic energy and produce ATP

    Journal of cell science6 Nov 2013

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