Effects of Garlic Extract (Allium Sativum) on Neutrophil Migration at the Cellular Level

Heart Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 14-17

  Hofbauer, R ^c   Frass, M ^c   Gmeiner, B ^c   Kaye, Alan D ^a   Frost, Elizabeth A M ^b,c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Veterans Administration   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Chemotaxis; Endothelial cells; Garlic extract; Herbals; Leukocyte; Transmigration

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FETUS BLOOD; GARLIC; HUMAN; NEUTROPHIL; NEWBORN; REFERENCE VALUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

CELL ADHESION; CELL MOVEMENT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FETAL BLOOD; GARLIC; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEUTROPHILS; PLANT EXTRACTS; REFERENCE VALUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035240673     PISSN: 1521737X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00132580-200101000-00003     Document Type: Article

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