Aged garlic extract restores nitric oxide bioavailability in cultured human endothelial cells even under conditions of homocysteine elevation

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 162-167

  Weiss, Norbert ^a,b   Papatheodorou, Louisa ^a   Morihara, Naoaki ^a   Hilge, Robert ^a   Ide, Nagatoshi ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aged garlic extract; Antioxidant; Endothelium; Homocysteine; Nitric oxide; Tetrahydrobiopterin

Indexed keywords

AGED GARLIC EXTRACT; AMINOPTERIN; CYSTEINE; FLUORESCENT DYE; GARLIC EXTRACT; GLUTATHIONE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HYPOXANTHINE; METHIONINE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN; THYMIDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GARLIC; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; OXIDATION;

AGE FACTORS; BIOPTERIN; CELL LINE; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ETHANOL; GARLIC; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; NITRIC OXIDE; PLANT EXTRACTS; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS;

ALLIUM SATIVUM;

EID: 84871289805     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.10.045     Document Type: Article

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