Including garlic in the diet may help lower blood glucose, cholesterol, and triglycerides

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Thomson, Martha ^a   Al Qattan, Khaled K ^a   Bordia, Tanuja ^a   Ali, Muslim ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Garlic; Glucose; Triglycerides

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GARLIC EXTRACT; GLUCOSE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; NONHUMAN; RAT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ALLIUM SATIVUM; ANIMALIA;

EID: 33644837208     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/136.3.800s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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