Aged garlic extract suppresses the development of atherosclerosis in apolipoprotein E-Knockout mice

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 460S-463S

  Morihara, Naoaki ^a   Hino, Atsuko ^a   Yamaguchi, Takako ^a   Suzuki, Jun Ichiro ^a  

^a WAKUNAGA PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aged garlic extract; Apolipoprotein E knockout mice; Atherosclerosis; CD11b; Cholesterol; T helper cell 1; Triglyceride

Indexed keywords

AGED GARLIC EXTRACT; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; CHOLESTEROL; GAMMA INTERFERON; GARLIC EXTRACT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AUTACOID; CD11 ANTIGEN; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY WEIGHT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MONOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SPLEEN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL; BLOOD; C57BL MOUSE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFECTS; GARLIC; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD11; AORTA; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GARLIC; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84959263301     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.114.206953     Document Type: Article

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