Sulphur treatment alters the therapeutic potency of alliin obtained from garlic leaf extract

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 888-892

  Nasim, S A ^a   Dhir, B ^b   Samar, F ^a   Rashmi, K ^a   Mahmooduzzafar, ^a   Mujib, A ^a  

^a HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Alliin; Antidiabetic; Garlic; Serum glucose; Sulphur

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALLIIN; ALLOXAN; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL; GARLIC EXTRACT; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; SULFUR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG POTENCY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; GARLIC; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; CYSTEINE; GARLIC; LIPIDS; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SULFUR;

ALLIUM SATIVUM; RATTUS;

EID: 60849097819     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2009.01.024     Document Type: Article

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