Garlic extract exhibits antiamyloidogenic activity on amyloid-beta fibrillogenesis: Relevance to Alzheimer's disease

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 111-115

  Gupta, Veer Bala ^a   Indi, S S ^b   Rao, K S J ^a  

^a CENTRAL FOOD TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Antiamyloidogenic activity; Garlic extract

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; GARLIC EXTRACT;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; GARLIC; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PLANT EXTRACTS; THIAZOLES;

ALLIUM SATIVUM;

EID: 58149498818     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2574     Document Type: Article

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