Effect of garlic on atherosclerosis and its factors

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 195-205

  El Sabban, Farouk ^a   Abouazra, H ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b UNIVERSITY MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AJOENE; ALLICIN; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; COPPER; FISH OIL; GARLIC EXTRACT; GARLIC OIL; GEMFIBROZIL; GINGER EXTRACT; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; PLACEBO;

AGED PLANT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG DOSAGE FORM COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GARLIC; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MONOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; PLANT STEM; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STANDARDIZATION; TABLET FORMULATION;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; GARLIC; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; PHYTOTHERAPY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; VEGETABLES;

EID: 44449132586     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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