| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 293 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Food and beverage consumption and health series |
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Food and beverage consumption and health series.
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| Contents |
A comprehensive survey of garlic functionality / Alejandra Cardelle-Cobas [and others] -- Medicinal properties of garlic : importance of its antioxidant activity / Perla D. Maldonado [and others] -- Cancer chemoprevention by garlic constituents : potential cellular and molecular targets / Molay K. Roy, Lekh R. Juneja and Tojiro Tsushida -- Trace elements in garlic / A. Gonzálvez, S. Armenta and M. de la Guardia -- Characterization and discrimination of Mediterranean bulb-producing garlic / Giovanni Figliuolo and Stefania Mang -- Inhibitory effects of diallyl sulfides from garlic (Allium sativum L.) on family x DNA polymerase activity, and human cancer cell growth / Yoshiyuki Mizushina [and others] -- Garlic : a promising antidote to heavy metal toxicity / Rajdeep Chowdhury and Keya Chaudhuri -- Phase properties and lipid composition of microsomal membranes from storage leaf of garlic : modifications induced by sprouting radioinhibition / Mónica B. Pérez and Clara A. Croci -- Health effects of garlic and prostate cancer / J. Arunakaran -- The influence of garlic (Allium sativum L., alliaceae) extracts on the pharmacodynamic effects of drugs / Biljana Bozin, Neda Mimica-Dukic and Isidora Samojlik |
| Summary |
"Garlic (Allium sativum L.) is the edible bulb from a plant of the Allium genus, commonly used for flavoring in cooking and for its beneficial effects for human health. Despite the numerous therapeutic effects attributed to garlic, the chemistry behind its health-promoting effects is still poorly understood. This book attempts to address this problem, as well as the effects of garlic on cardiovascular diseases and the side effects that may develop from the consumption of garlic. This book also briefly overviews the occurrence and chemistry of garlic constituents, and reviews the latest evidence in accordance with anticancer properties of garlic and/or garlic constituents, with special emphasize on the mechanism of action behind their chemoprevention effects. Furthermore, the research advances on the chemistry and pharmacology of garlic and the potential and molecular mechanism of garlic mediated attenuation of heavy metal toxicity are discussed. Other chapters in this book explore the relationship between garlic consumption and prostate cancer, among other diseases and the effects of gamma rays on storage leaf of garlic bulbs in terms of phase properties of microsomal membranes and their lipid and fatty acid composition."--Publisher's description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Garlic -- Therapeutic use
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Garlic -- Health aspects
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Garlic -- chemistry
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Anticarcinogenic Agents
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Plant Extracts -- pharmacology
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Plant Extracts -- therapeutic use
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Sulfinic Acids -- metabolism
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MEDICAL -- Pharmacology.
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Garlic -- Health aspects
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Garlic -- Therapeutic use
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Pacurar, Mihail
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Krejci, Gavril
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| ISBN |
9781613246238 |
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1613246234 |
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