Garlic [Allium sativum]: A review of its potential use as an anti-cancer agent

Current Cancer Drug Targets

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-81

  Thomson, Martha ^a   Ali, Muslim ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLICIN; ALLIIN; ALLYL SULFIDE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; FLUOROURACIL; GARLIC EXTRACT; GARLIC OIL; S ALLYLCYSTEINE; S ALLYLMERCAPTOCYSTEINE; SULFIDE; SULFOXIDE; SULFUR DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER PREVENTION; DRUG ACTIVITY; GARLIC; HUMAN; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; ONION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; CELL CYCLE; GARLIC; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 0037301861     PISSN: 15680096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1568009033333736     Document Type: Article

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