Prevention of garlic-induced hemolytic anemia using some tropical green leafy vegetables

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 498-501

  Oboh, Ganiyu ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Anemia; Garlic; Hemolysis; Leafy vegetables

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

AMARANTHUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BASIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORCHORUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIGESTION; ERYTHROCYTE; FOOD INTAKE; GARLIC; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; LEAFY VEGETABLE; LEUKOCYTE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SOLANUM; WEIGHT GAIN;

ALLIUM; ALLIUM SATIVUM; AMARANTHUS; AMARANTHUS CRUENTUS; ANIMALIA; CORCHORUS; CORCHORUS OLITORIUS; OCIMUM; OCIMUM BASILICUM; OCIMUM GRATISSIMUM; SOLANUM; SOLANUM MACROCARPON;

EID: 11844300303     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2004.7.498     Document Type: Article

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