Dietary patterns in the Mediterranean, characterized by high consumption of fruits and vegetables, especially garlic, are believed to be beneficial to the regional patterns of atherosclerotic disease. Garlic and many of its preparations have been widely recognized as effective in the prevention and treatment of atherosclerosis and other risk factors for cardiovascular disease. This review artic...

Antidiabetic action of garlic is established in animal studies. Since all of the pervious studies have focused on the therapeutic role of garlic, this study investigated the preventive effect of garlic juice on biochemical factors and histological features in Streptozotocin (STZ)- induced diabetic rats. Forty male rats were divided into five groups (n = 8): 1-Normal group (N), 2-Normal+Garlic g...

Garlic (Alliwn sarivum L . ) is thought to decrease blood pressure, inhibit platelet aggregation, reduce blood fat and cholesterol as well as possessing antibacterial and antifungal properties [I] . The main active agents in garlic extracts are allicin and ajoene, but several other chemicals have been isolated and studied [2,3]. Nitric oxide (NO) is linked to hypertension [4] and the relevant p...

Garlic has been widely used throughout history as a food additive for both its flavor and medicinal effects. The actual sulfide compounds found in garlic as well as the potential health benefits associated with garlic have been extensively studied. It has been shown that garlic preparation, growing conditions and cooking techniques, have a profound effect on the compounds present and the medici...

PURPOSE Garlic has been used as a flavouring agent, traditional medicine, and functional food to improve physical or mental well-being. Garlic and garlic products generally have been regarded as safe but a number of conflicting reports in the literature and confounding factors make it difficult to unequivocally establish the clinical efficacy and safety of these products either alone or in the ...

INTRODUCTION Spices are ingredients to confer improved taste to foods. As they are derived from plants, they have the potential for inducing allergic reactions. There is a lack of studies to accurately determine the rate of pepper allergy in children. Allergic reactions to pepper in children are rare. This case illustrates such a reaction. METHODS Patient is a 17-month-old boy with mild eczem...

A subset of 113 garlic accessions from the Gatersleben genebank collection was characterised using 16 morphological characters. The characterisation data were used for principal components and cluster analyses. Comparisons with existing RAPD and isozyme classifications were performed and gave high correlations especially in cases of the ophioscorodon and sativum groups. The morphological charac...

objective(s): trichophyton rubrum (t. rubrum) is one of the most common dermatophytes worldwide. this fungus invaded skin appendages of humans and animals. recently, resistance to antifungal drugs as well as appearance of side effects due to indication of these kinds of antibiotics has been reported. besides, using some plant extracts have been indicated in herbal medicine as an alternative tre...

BACKGROUND Detection of specific IgE antibodies against food materials indicates allergic sensitization. Some very widely consumed foods materials such as garlic and onion have rarely been investigated for their allergenic potential. OBJECTIVES To assess the presence of garlic and onion specific IgE antibodies in patients investigated for food allergy. METHODS Radioallergosorbent test (RAST...

Allium vegetables (onions, leeks, chives) and in particular garlic have been claimed to have health-promoting potential. This study was conducted to get insight into the perspectives for monitoring the intake of garlic by a biomarker approach. Chemically, the biomarker results from exposure to gamma-glutamyl-S-allyl-l-cysteine, which is first hydrolysed by gamma-glutamine-transpeptidase resulti...