Effect of garlic agglutinin and garlic extracts on the rat jejunum

Nutrition Research

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 841-850

  Gupta, Anita ^a,b   Sandhu, Rajinder S ^a  

^a GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Garlic effects; Garlic lectin; Jejunal enzymes; Jejunal nucleic acids; Na K ATPase

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM); AGGLUTININ; GARLIC EXTRACT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRUSH BORDER; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HISTOLOGY; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; INTESTINE VILLUS; JEJUNUM MUCOSA; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; RAT;

EID: 0032077112     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0271-5317(98)00069-4     Document Type: Article

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