This article reviews the contemporary data concerning atherosclerosis and protecting properties of garlic. Recent advances in basic science have established a fundamental role for inflammation in mediating all stages of this disease from initiation through progression and, ultimately, the thrombotic complications of atherosclerosis. These new findings provide important links between risk factor...

Garlic (Allium sativum) is known for its medicinal and health food use. However, garlic extracts are also used in bio-pesticides. This study reports research on the optimisation of a fast and cheap method for assaying allicin, the active constituent of garlic extract, based on UV spectrophotometry. Garlic cloves were extracted using water. The allicin content of the garlic extracts was analysed...

A hydroponic co-culture system was adopted to determine the allelopathic potential of garlic on the growth of pepper plants. Different numbers of garlic plants (0, 2, 4, 8 and 12) were hydroponically co-cultured with two pepper plants to investigate allelopathic effects on the growth attributes and antioxidative defense system of the test pepper plants. The responses of the pepper plants depend...

medicinal plant since ancient times. Some epidemiologic reports showed that high intake of Allium vegetables including garlic reduce the risk of thrombus formation by blood platelet condensation effect. And recent studies have validated many of the medicinal properties attributed to garlic and its potential to lower the risk of disease. Garlic has been shown to have antithrombotic activity. It ...

Salmonellosis is one of the main causes of foodborne illnesses worldwide, with outbreaks predominately linked to contamination of eggs and raw egg products, such as mayonnaise. This review explores previous studies that have investigated Salmonella control mechanisms utilized in the production of raw egg mayonnaise and other food products. Apart from the use of pasteurized eggs, the main contro...

Functional foods play a key role in human health and disease. Garlic (Allium sativum) is an eminent plant has been part of food since ancient times due to its high medicinal value. The unpleasant taste odor raw garlic make consumers reluctant for use. With consumer demand, the trend black getting attention worldwide. Black obtained from fresh after controlled fermentation process at humidity te...

Clinical and experimental evidence indicates that garlic ingestion lowers blood cholesterol levels, and treatment of cells in culture with garlic and garlic-derived compounds inhibits cholesterol synthesis. To identify the principal site of inhibition in the cholesterolgenic pathway and the active components of garlic, cultured hepatoma cells were treated with aqueous garlic extract or its chem...

Black garlic is produced by fermentation of raw under controlled conditions with high humidity and temperature. To date, many studies have been carried out on processing technology black but little known about the storage conditions, which are main indicators for affecting food quality garlic. Also knowing proper essential to meet requirements global domestic markets. Therefore, research aimed ...

PURPOSE The protective effect of Allium vegetables against carcinogenesis has been reported in experimental studies particularly focusing on the gut. Therefore, we conducted a hospital-based matched case-control study to explore the association between dietary Allium consumption and risk of breast cancer among Iranian women in northwest Iran. METHODS A validated, quantitative, food frequency ...

BACKGROUND Garlic (Allium Sativum) has been used in herbal medicine for centuries for various ailments. In recent years garlic has been the focus of serious medical and clinical attention because of beneficial effects on several cardiovascular risk factors like reduction of serum lipids, blood pressure and plasma viscosity. There is also wide spread belief among general public that garlic has b...