Allicin disrupts the cell's electrochemical potential and induces apoptosis in yeast

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1916-1924

  Gruhlke, Martin C H ^a   Portz, Daniela ^a,c   Stitz, Michael ^a   Anwar, Awais ^b,d   Schneider, Thomas ^b   Jacob, Claus ^b   Schlaich, Nikolaus L ^a   Slusarenko, Alan J ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c BAYER CROPSCIENCE AG   (Germany)

^d ECOSPRAY LIMITED   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allium; Free radicals; Garlic; Glutathione; Redox

Indexed keywords

ALLICIN; CASPASE; GARLIC EXTRACT; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN BCL XL;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DISRUPTION; CELL KILLING; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GARLIC; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; WILD TYPE; YEAST CELL;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-X PROTEIN; CASPASES; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GARLIC; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SULFINIC ACIDS;

ALLIUM; ALLIUM SATIVUM;

EID: 78650172902     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2010.09.019     Document Type: Article

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