The mode of action of allicin: Its ready permeability through phospholipid membranes may contribute to its biological activity

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1463, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 20-30

  Miron, Talia ^a   Rabinkov, Aharon ^a   Mirelman, David ^a   Wilchek, Meir ^a   Weiner, Lev ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Allicin; Biological membrane; Penetration

Indexed keywords

ALLICIN; GLUTATHIONE DERIVATIVE; LIPOSOME; THIOL GROUP;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; DRUG MECHANISM; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PHOSPHOLIPID MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; GARLIC; GLUTATHIONE; HUMANS; KINETICS; LIPOSOMES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; NITROBENZOATES; PERMEABILITY; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; SULFINIC ACIDS;

ALLIUM SATIVUM;

EID: 0033973286     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-2736(99)00174-1     Document Type: Article

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