Experiment 695674

Details

PropertyValue
Pharmacology
Administration routeORAL
OrganismAllium sativum (LILIACEAE)
CitationFLEISCHAUER,AT: POOLE,C: ARAB,L:. (2000). GARLIC CONSUMPTION AND CANCER PREVENTION: META-ANALYSES OF COLORECTAL AND STOMACH CANCERS.. 72(4)
Amount utilized
Compound isolated
DiseaseMETA-ANALYSES WERE CONDUCTED FOR ALL CANCERS MUTUALLY AND SEPARATELY FOR COLORECTAL AND STOMACH CANCERS IN RELATION TO CONSUMPTION OF EXCLUSIVELY RAW GARLIC, COOKED GARLIC, OR BOTH (RC GARLIC). EIGHTEEN STUDIES REPORTED A RELATIVE RISK ESTIMATE FOR RC GARLIC CONSUMPTION AND CANCER RISK. IN THE META-ANALYSES OF COLORECTAL AND STOMACH CANCER, THE REFERENCE CATEGORIES RANGED FROM NO CONSUMPTION TO CONSUMPTION OF 3.5 G/WK, WHEREAS THE HIGHEST CATEGORIES RANGED FROM ANY CONSUMPTION TO >28.8 G/WK. HIGH INTAKE OF RC GARLIC MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH A PROTECTIVE EFFECT AGAINST STOMACH AND COLORECTAL CANCERS. HETEROGENEITY OF EFFECT ESTIMATES, DIFFERENCES IN DOSE ESTIMATION, PUBLICATION BIAS, AND POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVE HYPOTHESES (EG, CONFOUNDING BY TOTAL VEGETABLE CONSUMPTION) PRELUDE SOLE RELIANCE ON SUMMARY EFFECT ESTIMATES.
Dose amountAR
Number1
Qualitative resultEQUIVOCAL
AnimalHUMAN ADULT
Dose expressionCONC USED
ExtractBULB
GenderGIVEN TO BOTH SEXES