Relationships between membrane fatty acid profiles and longevity are inconsistent,overkees wrote:there will also be a lot less pro inflammatory AA production and this might explain the longevity more than the lipid peroxidation.
so they dont explain longevity.
Yes, its not a matter of ROS, but a matter of autophagy that correlates with lifespan.A decrease in oxidative damage has been proposed as a mechanism; however, a lack of correlation between reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and life span was recently reported in Drosophila