Garlic in Clinical Practice: An Evidence-Based Overview

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 670-681

  Li, Lun ^a   Sun, Tiantian ^b   Tian, Jinhui ^a   Yang, Kehu ^a   Yi, Kang ^a   Zhang, Peng ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

evidence based treatments; Garlic; nutrition; overview of systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; DISEASES; BLOOD PRESSURE; NUTRITION;

CLINICAL PRACTICES; CLINICAL UTILITY; ELECTRONIC DATABASE; EVIDENCE-BASED; EVIDENCE-BASED TREATMENT; GARLIC; HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS; OVERVIEW OF SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; REFERENCE-TRACKING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ANTI-THROMBOTIC EFFECT; HIGH-DENSITY LIPOPROTEINS; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASES;

CHOLESTEROL; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHEMISTRY; COMMON COLD; DRUG EFFECTS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GARLIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDICINAL PLANT; NEOPLASMS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); DRUG EFFECT; NEOPLASM; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PREECLAMPSIA; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL; COMMON COLD; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; GARLIC; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; NEOPLASMS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84877276984     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: 15497852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2010.537000     Document Type: Article

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