The Effect of Turkısh Coffee and Cadmıum Acetate on Drosophila melanogaster

Abstract

In the study, Cadmium (Cd), which is a environmentally polluting toxic heavy metal, was added to the diet of model organism Drosophila melanogaster Meigen through water and food, and it was tried to determine the effect on life-development and sex ratio by using dry commercial Turkish coffee (TK). The female and male individuals fed with the Cd acetate (0-30 ppm) and TK (2%) used also had a long life span. It was determined that the decreasing survival rate with Cd acetate may increase with the addition of TK to the food, the duration of puberty may be shortened with TK, and the sex ratio in favor of men even though there is no difference in nutrition. In addition, it was determined that the use of Cd acetate shortens the life span of adult individuals, while feeding with TK does not affect this negative effect much.