Effects of garlic consumption on plasma and erythrocyte antioxidant parameters in elderly subjects

Gerontology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 173-176

  Avci, Aslihan ^a   Atli, Teslime ^a   Ergüder, Imge B ^a   Varli, Murat ^a   Devrim, Erdinç ^a   Aras, Sevgi ^a   Durak, Ilker ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Elderly subjects; Garlic; Oxidation

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; GARLIC EXTRACT; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MALONALDEHYDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; HEMOLYSATE; HUMAN; OXIDATION; PARAMETER; PEROXIDATION; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; CATALASE; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; ERYTHROCYTES; GARLIC; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HUMANS; MALONDIALDEHYDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

EID: 45249102201     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000130426     Document Type: Article

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