Garlic and aging: New insights into an old remedy

Ageing Research Reviews

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-56

  Rahman, Khalid ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Antioxidants; Chronic diseases; Garlic

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICAL; HERBACEOUS AGENT; NATURAL PRODUCT;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTHRITIS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CANCER; CANCER PREVENTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CATARACT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CIRCULATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GARLIC; HERB; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REJUVENATION; REVIEW; SKIN; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUPPLEMENTATION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOGENESIS;

ALLIUM SATIVUM;

EID: 0344943236     PISSN: 15681637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1568-1637(02)00049-1     Document Type: Article

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