Antiplatelet activity in onion (Allium cepa) is sulfur dependent

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 450-452

  Goldman, Irwin L ^a   Kopelberg, Murray ^a   Debaene, Jan E P ^a   Schwartz, Bradford S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; ONION EXTRACT; ORGANOSULFUR DERIVATIVE; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FLAVOR; GARLIC; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; ONION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE FUNCTION; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 0029827067     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1650598     Document Type: Article

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