Aged garlic extract attenuates intracellular oxidative stress

Phytomedicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 125-131

  Ide, N ^a   Lau, B H S ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allium sativum; Antioxidant; Atherosclerosis; Cytotoxicity; DCFH DA; GSH depletion; LDH; Nitrite; Oxidized LDL; Peroxides

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM SATIVUM; BOVINAE; MURINAE; SATIVUM;

GLUTATHIONE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; OXIDIZED LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GARLIC; MACROPHAGE; MEDICINAL PLANT; METABOLISM; MOUSE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL LINE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GARLIC; GLUTATHIONE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; MACROPHAGES; MICE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 0033128690     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0944-7113(99)80047-6     Document Type: Article

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