The interaction with iodine metabolism following ingestion of Allium cepa (onion) and Allium sativum (garlic) by albino Wistar rats have been studied. The determination of the effect of the oral administration of onion and garlic extract on thyroid hormones (triidothyronine,T3, thyroxine,T4 were studied. The mean values of triiodothyronine (T3) for the experimental animals were 1.23 ± 0.09ng/ml...

Bioavailability and therapeutic outcome of treatment with HIV-protease inhibitors depends on intestinal and hepatic transporter-enzyme interplay. Liver transport of HIV protease inhibitors (saquinavir, darunavir) was assessed in the presence of aged garlic extract, because the HIV-infected often consume garlic supplements together with prescribed therapy. The in vitro uptake of both drugs into ...

The successful use of herbal combinations in managing diseases or conditions over a single herb has lead us to evaluate the anti-dyslipidemic properties of the combination of the artichoke leaves extract, turmeric extract, prickly pear dried leaves (PPL) and garlic extract versus each one alone in two different hyperlipidemic animal models. A two-week treatment of each of the natural extracts, ...

Drought is an important environmental constraint limiting the productivity of many crops worldwide. Experiments were conducted to investigate the effects of foliar spray of natural extract (garlic extract) on drought stress in two cultivars of soybean (Glycine max) plants. Drought stress caused significant decrease in growth parameters (shoot and root length, area of leaves, fresh and dry weigh...

OBJECTIVE Garlic (Allium sativum) has anti-inflammatory, anti-mutagenesis, and immunomodulatory properties that modulate anti-tumor immunity and inhibit tumor growth. In this study we have examined the effect of a protein fraction isolated from fresh garlic on anti-tumor response and intra-tumor lymphocyte infiltration. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this experimental study a protein fraction was p...

Abstract Introduction The main function of the fibrinolytic system is to dissolve fibrin clots in circulation. This system is composed of inactive precursor plasminogen which can be converted into plasmin by the proteolytic enzymes like tissue-type plasminogen activator (tPA). Fibrinolytic properties can be found in a variety of medicine plants and they could effectively prevent cardiovascula...

Administration of ethanol (95%) extract (45 mg/kg body wt/day for 28 days) of garlic (A. sativum) to alloxan induced diabetic (ALX-D) mice significantly lowered the serum glucose levels, nociceptive response in tail-flick, hotplate, allodynia, formalin test and relative thickness, weight of hind paw in formalin induced Paw oedema test, over 28 days, thus, showing the reversal trend in hyperglyc...

in this study, we investigated the effect of savory (satureja hortensis) essential oil, garlic(allium sativum) powder, and garlic aqueous extract on fungal load of poultry feed. tothis end, savory essential oil and garlic aqueous extract each amounting 62.5, 125, and250 μl/ml and mg/ml, respectively, per kilogram of feed and garlic powder amounting2.5, 5, and 10 g/kg of feed were used. one and ...

Emerging multidrug resistant bacterial infections are burning public health concerns worldwide. There is an urgent need to explore alternative antimicrobial agents for effective management of bacterial infections. Garlic (Allium sativum) has been traditionally used for the treatment of different diseases since ancient times. The present study aims to evaluate the antimicrobial activity of aqueo...

background and aims: influenza virus is the most important cause of annual morbidities and mortalities worldwide with numerous antigenic drifts and shifts. inaccessibility to effective drugs and vaccines has made world health authorities to be interested in traditional medicine in order to prevent spread of the infectious agent. garlic is one of the most famous of all plants in human history. i...