Garlic and its potential for prevention of colorectal cancer and other conditions

Current Opinion in Gastroenterology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 116-121

  Alpers, David H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLICIN; ALLICOR; ALLIIN; ALLYL SULFIDE; AMOXICILLIN; CHOLESTEROL; DIALLYL DISULFIDE; DIALLYL TRISULFIDE; GARLIC EXTRACT; GARLIC OIL; GARLICIN; OMEPRAZOLE; ORGANOSULFUR DERIVATIVE; PLACEBO; S ALLYLCYSTEINE; THIOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTERY DISEASE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; EDITORIAL; FOOD INTAKE; GARLIC; HALITOSIS; HEART PROTECTION; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LOW DRUG DOSE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; SIDE EFFECT; STOMACH CANCER; THROMBOCYTE FUNCTION;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PLATELETS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIABETES MELLITUS; GARLIC; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; PHYTOTHERAPY;

EID: 64349104979     PISSN: 02671379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOG.0b013e32831ef221     Document Type: Editorial

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