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Black Truffle Protein Helped Fruit Flies Sleep Longer

Black Truffle Protein Helped Fruit Flies Sleep Longer

Black truffle

What they found

Protein from black truffles helped fruit flies sleep longer and better.

Protein from black truffles helped fruit flies sleep longer and better.

How solid is it?

Animal

Animal

Animal

Animal

Evidence ladder: Lab dish → Animal → Early human → Strong human. Reviews summarize earlier research.

At a glance

Latin name

Compound

protein

protein

Published in

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules

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Section

HEALTH & WELLNESS

HEALTH & WELLNESS

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A Truffle Night’s Sleep

A Truffle Night’s Sleep

Scientists found that protein from black truffles can help fruit flies sleep longer and better, identifying two small parts of the protein that were especially good at promoting sleep. Could fancy truffles be a natural sleep aid one day? The price will have to go way, way down for us citizen scientists to test.

Scientists found that protein from black truffles can help fruit flies sleep longer and better, identifying two small parts of the protein that were especially good at promoting sleep. Could fancy truffles be a natural sleep aid one day? The price will have to go way, way down for us citizen scientists to test.

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