An umbrella review of garlic intake and risk of cardiovascular disease

Phytomedicine

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1127-1133

  Schwingshackl, Lukas ^a,b   Missbach, Benjamin ^a   Hoffmann, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood lipids; Blood pressure; Cardiovascular disease; Garlic; Umbrella review

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; BLOATING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; FLATULENCE; GARLIC; GASTROINTESTINAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HALITOSIS; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); ODOR; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RASH; SIDE EFFECT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TASTE DISORDER; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; GARLIC; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIPIDS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84949870317     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: 1618095X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2015.10.015     Document Type: Article

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