A double-blind crossover study in moderately hypercholesterolemic men that compared the effect of aged garlic extract and placebo administration on blood lipids

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 866-870

  Steiner, Manfred ^a   Khan, A Hakim ^b   Holbert, Don ^b   Lin, Robert I San ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GARLIC EXTRACT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PLACEBO; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG FORMULATION; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; ODOR; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ALLIUM SATIVUM;

EID: 0029828635     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/64.6.866     Document Type: Article

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