Hydrogen sulfide preconditioning by garlic when it starts to smell

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 293, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Das, Dipak K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLICIN; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; RETINOL; SELENIUM;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CELL DAMAGE; EDITORIAL; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GARLIC; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILE FORCE; HEART PROTECTION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; ISCHEMIC PRECONDITIONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERFUSION INJURY;

ANIMALS; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CYSTEINE; GARLIC; HUMANS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 36148970030     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00996.2007     Document Type: Editorial

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