Health effects of garlic

American Family Physician

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 103-106

  Tattelman, Ellen ^a,b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLICIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; GARLIC EXTRACT; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SULFUR DERIVATIVE;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; BLEEDING TIME; BLISTER; BODY ODOR; BURN; CLINICAL TRIAL; DERMATITIS; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; FLATULENCE; GARLIC; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HALITOSIS; HUMAN; ODOR; PLANT ROOT; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT;

ANIMALS; BLEEDING TIME; CLINICAL TRIALS; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FOOD-DRUG INTERACTIONS; GARLIC; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION CONTROL; NEOPLASMS; PHYTOTHERAPY; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 21844451865     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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