Garlic powder and plasma lipids and lipoproteins: A multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled trial

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1189-1194

  Isaacsohn, Jonathan L ^a,c   Moser, Marvin ^b   Stein, Evan A ^a,c   Dudley, Karen ^a,c   Davey, Janice A ^b   Liskov, Ellen ^b   Black, Henry R ^b,d  

^a CHRIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Metabolic and Atherosclerosis Research Center   (United States)

^d RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LIPOPROTEIN; LIPOPROTEIN A; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PLACEBO; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GARLIC; HALITOSIS; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TABLET;

AGED; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GARLIC; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPIDS; LIPOPROTEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 0032496646     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.158.11.1189     Document Type: Article

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