Article: Nutraceutical Applications of Garlic and the Intervention of Biotechnology

Article: Garlic Disappoints for Lipid-Lowering.
Internal Medicine News;  September 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......studies published before 1998 on garlic and cholesterol levels; 13 were...received either placebo or 300 mg of garlic three times daily for 3 months...hypercholesteremic adults to 500 mg or 1,000 mg of dehydrated garlic powder every day for 12 weeks...

Article: Garlic: Not for lipids, but possibly for cancer.(Brief Article)
Family Practice News;  September 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......metaanalysis identified 39 studies published before 1998 on garlic and cholesterol levels; 13 were randomized, double blind...Statin therapy lowers lipid levels by 17%-32%. The effects of garlic on lipids are small and may not be clinically meaningful...2000). The patients received either placebo or 300 tug of ...

Article: Another role for garlic: colon cancer prevention: Garlic may help lower cholesterol, but studies confirm its anti-colorectal cancer properties as well.(NUTRITION PRESCRIPTION)
Food & Fitness Advisor;  January 1, 2008 ;     541 words ......Garlic to help Prevent Cancer Whole garlic: 2-4 grams of fresh, minced garlic clove (each clove is approximately 1 gram) Aged garlic extract: 600-1,200 mg in divided doses Freeze-dried garlic tablets: 200 mg, 2 tablets 3 times daily, standardized...

Article: Garlic can lower cholesterol slightly, some studies show.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  December 29, 2000 ;     590 words ......standardized to alliin content. Garlic oil does not seem to be effective...cholesterol were given either 800 mg of standardized garlic powder daily or placebo. Over...for four years found that garlic significantly reduced the...atherosclerosis. A typical dosage of garlic is 900 mg ...

Article: Garlic doesn't lower cholesterol: a new study finds that neither garlic supplements nor fresh cloves have any effect on blood fats.(CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH)
Food & Fitness Advisor;  May 1, 2007 ;     376 words ...Garlic may be tasty and natural, but a major clinical...counter to many other studies that suggested garlic had lipid-lowering effects. The researchers...moderately elevated cholesterol ( bad LDL of 130-190 mg/dL) to a powdered garlic supplement (Garlicin), or an aged garlic extract ...

Article: Under Garlic's Spell; The `Stinking Rose' Blooms in a Variety of Dishes
The Washington Post;  July 25, 1990 ;     700+ words ......lemon juice Salt and pepper, to taste For the soup: Toss the garlic cloves with the oil, making sure they are lightly coated...a baking sheet. In a preheated 325-degree oven bake the garlic for 25 to 35 minutes, or until the cloves are soft. When...handle, squeeze out the pulp and discard the peels. Place the ...

Article: Garlic as medicine
The Weekly Gleaner;  April 7, 2005 ;     601 words ......positive effect on high blood pressure and cholesterol of garlic and garlic preparations that deliver sufficient doses of allicin...allicin release inside the body. The antibiotic activity of garlic is roughly estimated to be one per cent of the strength...Experts recommend daily consumption of one to ...

Article: Eat garlic daily 'to lower high blood pressure'.
PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.;  August 1, 2008 ;     278 words ......the study was equivalent to 3.6 mg to 5.4 mg of garlic's active ingredient, allicin. A fresh clove of garlic contains 5 mg to 9 mg of allicin. (However) more research is needed to determine whether garlic supplements might have a long-te...

Article: Garlic: Powerful (pungent) medicine
Better Nutrition;  May 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......preventing heart disease, just about everyone can benefit from garlic. Without a doubt, garlic provides the body with protection against cardiovascular...throughout the heart pumping cycle. Two recent powdered garlic studies are worth reviewing. In a 1997 study which appeared...Circulation, Gustav Belz, ...

Article: In medical laboratories, garlic is coming up roses
The Boston Globe;  February 19, 1996 ;     700+ words ......better in some ways to let some people simply eat more garlic than others, says Brown, supplements were necessary to...the trial subjects didn't know who was getting the extra garlic and who was not, lest those expectations -- the placebo...research, some of it paid for by supplement manufacturers, on ...

Article: Garlic as a fat-fighter
Joe Weider's Muscle & Fitness;  October 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......is to take an aged garlic extract with enough...total of at least 4 mg of allicin per day...divided doses of 2 mg allicin each. That...one clove of fresh garlic, or just less than...Sidebar] Take an aged garlic extract with enough...total of at least 4 mg of allicin per day...

Article: Garlic lowers cholesterol levels and protects against some cancers
Better Nutrition;  February 1, 1996 ;     699 words ......of 55 and 69. "Intakes of garlic, vegetables and dietary...variety of odor-reduced garlic supplements, including one...tablet is said to contain 320 mg of garlic extract, which is equal to 4,000 mg of fresh garlic. REFERENCES Golan, Ralph...

Article: New insights into garlic's vascular-disease-prevention abilities
Better Nutrition;  February 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ......bread." Blood-clumping prevention rate of 50 percent with garlic treatment Following treatment with the garlic, observation of platelet aggregation and release of adenosine...retardation," the researchers add. This means, in part, that garlic-supplementation in pregnant women (which must be ...

Article: Development and validation of a thin-layer chromatography-densitometric method for the quantitation of Alliin from garlic (Allium Sativum) and its formulations.(SPECIAL GUEST EDITOR SECTION)(Report)
Journal of AOAC International;  September 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......high-performance TLC method for the quantitation of alliin in garlic and garlic formulations. Experimental Materials and Reagents Fresh garlic bulbs were obtained from a market in Gujarat, India. The garlic formulations selected for TLC analysis were procured from...of alliin (500 [micro]g/mL) was ...