Low doses of diallyl disulfide, a compound derived from garlic, increase tissue activities of quinone reductase and glutathione transferase in the gastrointestinal tract of the rat

Nutrition and Cancer

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 42-48

  Munday, Rex ^a   Munday, Christine M ^a  

^a RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIALLYL DISULFIDE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; ORGANOSULFUR DERIVATIVE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE (PHOSPHATE) DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE);

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME INDUCTION; FEMALE; GARLIC; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; TISSUE METABOLISM;

EID: 0032838660     PISSN: 01635581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327914NC340106     Document Type: Article

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