Mohamad Nasir, Nurul Fatihah
(2015)
Effect of consumption of bee products on telomere lenght and longevity of life in beekeepers.
Masters thesis, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
Abstract
The belief that beekeepers live longer than anyone else is present since ages and no
research has been done to explore their longevity. Research has shown that telomere
is associated with the longevity of life. Hence, this study aimed to investigate the
telomere length in 30 male beekeepers and 30 male non-beekeepers and associate
them with the longevity of life. Southern blot analysis of terminal restriction
fragments (TRFs) was carried out by HinfI/RsaI digestion of human genomic DNA
using TeloTAGGG Telomere Length Assay. Interestingly, the present study found
that the telomere length of male beekeepers was significantly longer than those of
male non-beekeepers with a p-value of less than 0.05, suggesting that beekeepers
may have longer life compared to non-beekeepers. It was further found that the
consumption of bee products for a long period and frequent consumption of bee
products per day are associated with telomere length. A year increase in consuming
bee products is associated with a mean increase in telomere length of 0.258 kbp. In
addition, an increase in frequency of consuming bee products per day was also
associated with a mean increase of 2.66 kbp in telomere length. These results suggest
that bee products might play a role in telomere length maintenance.
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