Experiment 626309
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Allium sativum (LILIACEAE) |
| Citation | KOSCIELNY,J: KLUSSENDORF,D: LATZA,R: SCHMITT,R: RADTKE,H: SIEGEL,G: KIESEWETTER,H:. (1999). THE ANTIATHEROSCLEROTIC EFFECT OF ALLIUM SATIVUM.. 144(1) |
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| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | IN A RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL, THE PLAQUE VOLUMES IN BOTH CAROTID AND FEMORAL ARTERIES OF 152 PROBATIONERS WERE DETERMINED BY B-MODE ULTRASOUND. CONTINUOUS INTAKE OF HIGH-DOSE GARLIC POWDER DRAGEES REDUCED SIGNIFICANTLY THE INCREASE IN ARTERIOSCLEROTIC PLAQUE VOLUME BY 5-18% OR EVEN EFFECTED A SLIGHT REGRESSION WITHIN THE OBSERVATIONAL PEROID OF 48 MONTHS. ALSO THE AGE-DEPENDENT REPRESENTATION OF THE PLAGUE VOLUME SHOWS AN INCREASE BETWEEN 50 AND 80 YEARS THAT IS DIMINISHED UNDER GARLIC TREATMENT BY 6-13% RELATED TO 4 YEARS. IT SEEMS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT THAT WITH GARLIC APPLICATION THE PLAQUE VOLUME IN THE WHOLE COLLECTIVE REMAINED PRACTICALLY CONSTANT WITHIN THE AGE-SPAN OF 50-80 YEARS. THESE RESULTS SUBSTANTIATED THAT NOT ONLY A PREVENTIVE BUT POSSIBLY ALSO A CURATIVE ROLE IN ARTERIOSCLEROSIS THERAPY (PLAQUE REGRESSION) MAY BE ASCRIBED TO GARLIC REMEDIES. |
| Dose amount | 900.0 MG |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | DAY |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | BULB |