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Article: Health and anti-aging benefits of aged garlic extract.(Report)
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- Townsend Letter: The Examiner of Alternative Medicine
- Article date:
- July 1, 2007
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Introduction
Garlic has been used as a medicinal remedy since antiquity to treat maladies as well as prevent disease and enhance vigor. Modern science and medicine have validated many of the traditional uses of garlic and identified its health-promoting compounds. Most of the benefits of garlic are attributed to its high content of organosulfur compounds and antioxidant activity, which protect against oxidative damage by reactive oxygen species (ROS) and offer other beneficial effects. (1-4)
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Reactive Oxygen Species
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) that include free radicals are produced internally in cells during ...