To understand selenium (Se) circulation in the biosphere, the metabolism of organic Se, in particular, Se metabolites, in animals and plants should be elucidated. In this study, garlic, Allium sativum, a well-known Se accumulator with high Se metabolic ability, was hydroponically cultivated and then exposed to trimethylselenonium ion (TMSe), a urinary metabolite. Thereafter, the Se concentratio...

1,2 Department of Veterinary Public Health, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Mannuthy, Thrissur, Kerala, India 680 651 ________________________________________________________________________________________ Abstract Investigations were carried out to study the inhibitory effect of ginger (Zingiber officinale) and garlic (Allium sativum) extracts at 0.5, 1.0, 2.0, 7.0 and 10.0 per cen...

Alliinase (EC 4.4.1.4) has been isolated from commercially available garlic (Allium sativum L., Alliaceae) powder and was investigated with respect to its use as ingredient of herbal remedies. The enzyme was purified to apparent homogeneity and results were compared with those obtained from a sample of fresh A. sativum var. pekinense. The purification of the enzyme involved a gel filtration ste...

BACKGROUND The chemical assignment of metabolites is crucial to understanding the relation between food composition and biological activity. OBJECTIVE This study was designed to detect and chemically assign sulfur-containing metabolites by using LC-Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance-mass spectrometry (FTICR-MS) in Allium plants. METHODS Ultrahigh resolution (>250,000 full width at ha...

in the present study we aimed to evaluate the effects of methanolic extracts of the bulbs of garlic (allium sativum l., alliaceae) and persian shallot (allium ascalonicum l., alliaceae ) and leaves of sage (salvia officinalis l., lamiaceae ), ase, aae and soe respectively, on the antioxidant enzymes such as superoxide dismutase (sod), glutathione peroxidase (gpx) and catalase (cat) activities an...

OBJECTIVE(S) Garlic (Allium sativum L. family Liliaceae) is well known in Iran and its leaves, flowers, and cloves have been used in traditional medicine for a long time. Research in recent decades has shown widespread pharmacological effects of A. sativum and its organosulfur compounds especially Allicin. Studies carried out on the chemical composition of the plant show that the most important...

The present study evaluated the beneficial effect of aqueous extract of garlic (Allium sativum L.; 100mg/kg/day) on the alterations in vascular reactivity of streptozotocin-diabetic rats. After 8 weeks of treatment, thoracic aortic rings of rats were mounted in organ baths and contractile responses to phenylephrine and relaxant responses to acetylcholine and isosorbide dinitrate were assessed. ...

Possible effects of aqueous garlic (Allium sativum Linn.) and red clover (Trifolium pratense Linn.) extracts on adenosine deaminase (ADA) activities were investigated in cancerous and non-cancerous human liver tissues and results were compared with those of Fludarabine, a known ADA inhibitor. Ten cancerous and 10 non-cancerous adjacent liver tissues were obtained from patients with metastatic t...