Experiment 375832
Worktypes
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Allium sativum (LILIACEAE) |
| Citation | BREITHAUPT-GROGLER,K: LING,M: BOUDOLAS,H: BELZ,GG:. (1997). PROTECTIVE EFFECT OF CHRONIC GARLIC INTAKE ON ELASTIC PROPERTIES OF AORTA IN THE ELDERLY.. 96(8) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | A STUDY IN HEALTHY ADULTS (N=101; AGE, 50 TO 80 YEARS) WHO WERE TAKING =300 MG/D OF STANDARDIZED GARLIC POWDER FOR 2=YEARS AND 101 AGE-SEX-MATCHED CONTROL SUBJECTS. PULSE WAVE VELOCITY (PWV) AND PRESSURE-STANDARIZED ELASTIC VASCULAR RESISTANCE (EVR) WERE USED TO MEASURE THE ELASTIC PROPERTIES OF THE AORTA. CHRONIC GARLIC POWDER INTAKE ATTENULATED AGE-RELATED INCREASES IN AORTIC STIFFINESS. THESE DATA STRONLY SUPPORT THE HYPOTHESIS THAT GARLIC INTAKE HAD A PROTECTIVE EFFECT ON THE ELASTIC PROPERTIES OF THE AORTA RELATED TO AGING IN HUMANS. |
| Dose amount | 300.0 MG |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | KG |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |