Urinary excretion of N-acetyl-S-allyl-L-cysteine upon garlic consumption by human volunteers

Archives of Toxicology

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 635-639

  De Rooij, Ben M ^a   Boogaard, Pieter J ^b   Rijksen, Désirée A ^a   Commandeur, Jan N M ^a   Vermeulen, Nico P E ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b SHELL RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allyl chloride; Biological monitoring; Garlic; Mercapturic acid; Urine

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; CYSTEINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; GARLIC; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINARY EXCRETION;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; FEMALE; GARLIC; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

ALLIUM SATIVUM;

EID: 0029758832     PISSN: 03405761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002040050322     Document Type: Article

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