Can garlic reduce risk of cancer?

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-18

  Rivlin, Richard S ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; GARLIC EXTRACT;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; EDITORIAL; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; GARLIC; LUNG CANCER; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROSTATE CANCER; STOMACH CANCER;

ALLYL COMPOUNDS; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GARLIC; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PLANT EXTRACTS; SULFIDES;

ALLIUM SATIVUM;

EID: 58149373781     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2008.27181     Document Type: Editorial

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