Inhibition of baboon platelet aggregation in vitro and in vivo by the garlic derivative, ajoene

Xenotransplantation

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 374-379

  Teranishi, Katsuhito ^a   Apitz Castro, Rafael ^b   Robson, Simon C ^c   Romano, Egidio ^b   Cooper, David K C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ajoene; Baboon; Platelet aggregation; Thrombocytopenia; Thrombotic microangiopathy; Xenotransplantation

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; AJOENE; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; COLLAGEN; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DISULFIDE; GARLIC EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BABOON; BLEEDING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INTERACTION; GARLIC; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; INFUSION; LEUKOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; STEM CELL MOBILIZATION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTE RICH PLASMA; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; XENOGRAFT; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DISULFIDES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; GARLIC; PAPIO; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLATELET AGGREGATION; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

EID: 0042868800     PISSN: 0908665X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3089.2003.02068.x     Document Type: Article

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