Garlic for the common cold

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2014, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Lissiman, Elizabeth ^a   Bhasale, Alice L ^b   Cohen, Marc ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care   (Australia)

^c RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GARLIC EXTRACT; PLACEBO; ALLICIN; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; SULFINIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

COMMON COLD; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RASH; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; GARLIC; ODOR; PHYTOTHERAPY; PROCEDURES;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; COMMON COLD; EXANTHEMA; GARLIC; HUMANS; ODORS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SULFINIC ACIDS;

EID: 84923110614     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006206.pub4     Document Type: Review

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