Experiment 634069
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Allium sativum (LILIACEAE) |
| Citation | MUNDAY,JS: JAMES,KA: FRAY,LM: KIRKWOOD,SW: THOMPSON,KG:. (1999). DAILY SUPPLEMENTATION WITH AGED GARLIC EXTRACT, BUT NOT RAW GARLIC, PROTECTS LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN AGAINST IN VITRO OXIDATION.. 143(2) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | HUMAN SUBJECTS WERE SUPPLEMENTED DAILY WITH ONE OF 6 G RAW GARLIC; 2.4 G AGED GARLIC EXTRACT (AGE); OR 0.8 G DL-ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL ACETATE FOR 7 DAYS TO DETERMINE THE EFFECT ON THE SUSCEPTIBILITY OF LDL PARTICLES TO CU2+ -MEDIATED OXIDATION. LDL ISOLATED FROM SUBJECTS GIVEN EITHER ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL OR AGE, BUT NOT RAW GARLIC, WAS SIGNIFICANTLY MORE RESISTANT TO OXIDATION THAN LDL ISOLATED FROM SUBJECTS RECEIVING NO SUPPLEMENTS. THESE RESULTS SUGGEST THAT IF ANTIOXIDANTS ARE PROVEN TO BE ANTIATHEROGENIC, AGED GARLIC MAY BE USEFUL IN PREVENTING ATHEROSCLEROTIC DISEASE. |
| Dose amount | 2.4 GM |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | DAY |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | HYDRO-ALCOHOLIC EXT |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |