Effects of feeding fresh garlic and garlic oil on detoxifying enzymes and micronuclei formation in rats treated with azoxymethane

International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 208-213

  Khanum, Farhath ^a   Anilakumar, K R ^a   Sudarshanakrishna, K R ^a   Viswanathan, K R ^a  

^a DEFENCE FOOD RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Glutamyl transpeptidase; Detoxifying enzymes; Garlic; Micronuclei

Indexed keywords

ALLYL COMPOUND; ALLYL SULFIDE; AZOXYMETHANE; CARCINOGEN; CATALASE; ENZYME; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; SULFIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG DETOXIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GARLIC; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; METABOLISM; MICRONUCLEUS; RAT; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WISTAR RAT;

ALLYL COMPOUNDS; ANIMALS; AZOXYMETHANE; CARCINOGENS; CATALASE; ENZYMES; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GARLIC; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MALE; METABOLIC DETOXICATION, DRUG; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SULFIDES;

EID: 0031863950     PISSN: 03009831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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