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I decided to move some garlic notes
that ended up in the Guest Book of
General Discussion & FeedBack to a
proper place: here!
Hope the discussion and posting rate will
increase in the next few weeks.
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Why a specific medical interest in garlic?
Well, why not investigating "Plant compounds that have evolved over millions of years as chemical defense agents against infection. Garlic has been used in medicine for centuries..."
When the initial enthusiasm in orthodox medicine is gradually replaced by a major concern for its limits and - in some particular cases - its unacceptable percentage of failure, even neglected popular remedies may sound promising.
I found the first medical report in 1980, about garlic in cryptococcal meningitis: 75% efficacy versus 50% with the standard anti-fungal treatment (1). I had seen a pediatric case just a few months before, that ended tragically after standard therapy failure and I was obviously impressed.
Chinese doctors then told me that they also used intravenous preparations for septic patients, together with common antibiotics, in the so called 'fever regime' antibiotic cocktails.
They did not claim miracle results, but it seemed to help and didn't cost much.
Talking about unpretentiousness and wisdom in oriental Medicine.
We do not use garlic in our western Medicine: little interest, few studies and poor 'evidences'.
Who is going to invest in clinical research with an 'unpatentable', inexpensive, awfully smelly substance?
It would probably take just a bit of money but quite a lot of guts and a good sense of humour!
Not exactly what you encounter in academic Science.
Actually most of the work still has to be done, before any hypothetical clinical application. We are surely late and we are probably missing an efficient and inexpensive 'old tool' in our hands.
ikod
1) Garlic in cryptococcal meningitis: a preliminary report of 21 cases.
[No authors listed] Chin Med J (Engl). 1980 Feb;93(2):123-6.
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Garlic Miracle
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The ingredient which gives garlic its distinctive smell is the latest weapon in the battle to beat the hospital "superbug" MRSA.
University of East London researchers found allicin treated even the most antibiotic-resistant strains of the infection. MRSA (Methecillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) causes an estimated 2,000 deaths in UK hospitals each year. Researchers are now testing allicin products in a six-month study.
Dr Ron Cutler and his team discovered the effectiveness of allicin in laboratory tests five years ago. They found it can cure MRSA within weeks. It is even effective against the newer strains which cannot be treated by the "last line of defense" antibiotics Vancomycin and Glycopeptides. For treating infections the team have developed a nasal cream, pills and soaps. The effect of the treatment was dramatic on Deborah Brown, the first patient.
Initial trials have proved effective, so researchers will now test them in a six-month study of 200 volunteers including healthcare workers and patients. The scientists hope the products will be used by people working in hospitals so they can prevent MRSA being passed on to patients, as well as the patients themselves.
MRSA organisms can live harmlessly in humans, carried in the nasal passages and on the skin, but they can cause fatal infections in immune-suppressed patients, the elderly, the young and those with surgical implants. Dr Cutler told BBC News Online: "My aim would be to firstly work to try and reduce the carriage of MRSA amongst healthcare workers.
"But we would also hope to use allicin treatments for patients themselves." He added: "The trials we have conducted so far show that this formulation is highly effective against MRSA, and it could save many l ives. "MRSA is causing a genuine crisis in our hospital system in Britain and worldwide. Antibiotics are increasingly ineffective, but we do have a powerful natural ally.
"Plant compounds have evolved over millions of years as chemical defense agents against infection. "Garlic has been used in medicine for centuries, and it should be no surprise that it is effective against this very modern infection."
'Incredibly painful' Deborah Brown, 34, from Rainham in Kent, contracted MRSA after a major spinal operation in November 2000. Painful wounds on her spine failed to heal for two years, despite using the antibiotics and creams currently available. But within two months of using the allicin creams and pills, her MRSA had virtually cleared and the wounds had begun to heal. She said: "The effect of the treatment was dramatic - I am making a good recovery - but it was really awful at the time. "Having weeping wounds on my back that never healed was incredibly painful and I became increasingly depressed as the MRSA didn't respond to repeated courses of antibiotics.
"If my case helps to show that allicin works against MRSA then I am glad that something good might come of it." The research is to be published in the Journal of Biomedical Science next year.
January 27, 2004
from: Garlic 'beats hospital superbug'!!!
http://fourwinds10.com/NewsServer/ArticleFunctions/ArticleDetails.php?ArticleID=5136
Antibacterial activity of a new, stable, aqueous extract of allicin
against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Cutler RR, Wilson P.
University of East London, School of Health and Bioscience, Stratford Campus, Romford Road, London E15 4LZ, UK. r.cutler@uel.ac.uk
The increasing prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in hospitals and the community has led to a demand for new agents that could be used to decrease the spread of these bacteria. Topical agents such as mupirocin have been used to reduce nasal carriage and spread and to treat skin infections; however, resistance to mupirocin in MRSAs is increasing.
Allicin is the main antibacterial agent isolated from garlic, but natural extracts can be unstable. In this study, a new, stable, aqueous extract of allicin (extracted from garlic) is tested on 30 clinical isolates of MRSA that show a range of susceptibilities to mupirocin. Strains were tested using agar diffusion tests, minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC). Diffusion tests showed that allicin liquids produced zone diameters >33 mm when the proposed therapeutic concentration of 500 microg/mL (0.0005% w/v) was used. The selection of this concentration was based on evidence from the MIC, MBC and agar diffusion tests in this study. Of the strains tested, 88% had MICs for allicin liquids of 16 microg/mL, and all strains were inhibited at 32 microg/mL. Furthermore, 88% of clinical isolates had MBCs of 128 microg/mL, and all were killed at 256 microg/mL. Of these strains, 82% showed intermediate or full resistance to mupirocin; however, this study showed that a concentration of 500 microg/mL in an aqueous cream base was required to produce an activity equivalent to 256 microg/mL allicin liquid.
Br J Biomed Sci. 2004;61(2):71-4.
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Diallyl disulfide inhibits WEHI-3 leukemia cells in vivo.
Yang JS, Kok LF, Lin YH, Kuo TC, Yang JL, Lin CC, Chen GW, Huang WW, Ho HC, Chung JG.
Dept.Med.Technology Yuan-Pei University of Science and Technology, Hsinchu, Taiwan, ROC.
Enhanced garlic (Allium sativum) consumption is closely related to reduced cancer incidence, as shown in epidemiological studies. Diallyl disulfide (DADS), a component of garlic, inhibits the proliferation of human blood, colon, lung and skin cancer cells.
Although DADS had been reported to induce apoptosis in human leukemia HL-60 cells, there are no reports regarding whether or not it affects leukemia cells in vivo. Therefore, the present study is focused on the in vivo effects of DADS on WEHI-3 leukemia cells. The effects of DADS on murine WEHI-3 cells were initially examined, and the results indicated that DADS induced cytotoxicity and that this effect was dose-dependent. The effects of DADS on WEHI-3 in BALBIc mice were also examined, and the results indicated that DADS decreased the percentage of MAC-3 marker, indicating that differentiation of the precursor of macrophage and T cells was inhibited. The weights of liver and spleen were also measured, and the results indicated that DADS decreased the weight of these organs. An important characteristic of WEHI-3 leukemia is the enlarged spleen in mice after i.p. injection of WEHI-3 cells. Based on pathological examination, the function of DADS was observed in the liver and spleen of mice previously injected with WEHI-3 cells. Apparently, DADS affects WEHI-3 cells both in vitro and in vivo.
Anticancer Res. 2006 Jan-Feb;26(1A):219-25.
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Garlic antifungal intravenous preparations
(Allium sativum)
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Enhanced diallyl trisulfide has in vitro synergy with amphotericin B against Cryptococcus neoformans.
Shen J, Davis LE, Wallace JM, Cai Y, Lawson LD.
Department of Microbiology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, USA.
Although amphotericin B remains the drug of choice for systemic fungal infections, its use is limited by considerable side effects. In The Peoples' Republic of China, commercial Allium sativum derived compounds are widely used as an antifungal drug to treat systemic fungal infections. To evaluate the scientific merit of using A. sativum derived compounds as antifungal agents, we studied a Chinese commercial preparation, allitridium. This preparation contained mainly diallyl trisulfide as confirmed by high performance liquid chromatography. Allitridium, with and without amphotericin B, was tested to determine its efficacy in killing three isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans. The minimum inhibitory concentration of the commercial preparation was 50 micrograms/ml and the minimum fungicidal concentration was 100 micrograms/ml against 1 x 10(5) organisms of C. neoformans. In addition, the commercial preparation was shown to be synergistic with amphotericin B in the in vitro killing of C. neoformans. This study demonstrates that diallyl trisulfide and other polysulfides possess potent in vitro fungicidal effects and their activity is synergistic with amphotericin B. These observations lend laboratory support for the treatment of cryptococcal infections with both amphotericin B and the Chinese commercial preparation.
Planta Med. 1996 Oct;62(5):415-8.
The first report on positive effect of a garlic preparation
in patients affected by cryptococcal meningitis had been
published in the Chinese Medical Journal in 1980.
Unfortunately these data had not been confirmed...yet.
ikod
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Garlic Extract: The Solution to Warts and Corns
Warts and corns are the most common dermatologic condition among Americans, with a recent study finding that 4 million elderly Americans are afflicted.1 Recommended treatments for warts range from at-home remedies like adhesive tape therapy and salicylic acid therapy to complex medical treatments, such as liquid nitrogen therapy and laser treatment.2 Now a new study has found an effective treatment for warts in perhaps the most famous vegetable you should take for a healthy heart: garlic.
Studies on garlic in recent years have shown that certain compounds present in garlic are useful for the treatment of many diseases including hypertension, diabetes, and atherosclerosis. Garlic has also been shown to be effective against cancer, bacteria and viruses.
In the study, 33 people with corns and/or warts were administered either a water extract of garlic (5 patients) a lipid extract of garlic (23 patients) or a control (5 patients). The extracts were applied to the affected areas two times per day until partial or full recovery was achieved. The control group used a neutral solvent two times per day for 20 days.
While the control group showed no improvement, the water garlic extract resulted in “complete disappearance” of small warts and partial improvement of large warts after 30-40 days. The lipid garlic extract, however, showed the best results with a “complete disappearance” of warts in all cases after one to two weeks of use. What’s more, 80% of corns resolved within two to three weeks of treatment with the lipid extract. Finally, there were no recurrences of warts or corns after 3-4 months of follow-up.
The only side effect of the lipid garlic extract were some local irritating effects such as burning, redness, blistering, and temporary darkening of the skin around the treated area.
The researchers went on to say that garlic extract has “curative properties” for warts and corn and that more studies should be done to discover the mechanism of action in garlic in curing warts and corns.
By Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS, September 29, 2005, abstracted from “Healing effect of garlic extract on warts and corns”, a Letter to the Editor in the July 2005 issue of the International Journal of Dermatology.
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...more interesting news from
dermatology and oncology:
The garlic-derived organosulfur component ajoene
decreases basal cell carcinoma tumor size by inducing apoptosis.
Tilli CM, Stavast-Kooy AJ, Vuerstaek JD, Thissen MR, Krekels GA, Ramaekers FC, Neumann HA.
Research Institute Growth and Development (GROW), University of Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Although the therapeutic role of ajoene, an organosulfur compound of garlic, in cardiovascular diseases and mycology has been established, its usefulness in cancer treatment has only recently been suggested. We applied ajoene topically to the tumors of 21 patients with either nodular or superficial basal cell carcinoma (BCC).
A reduction in tumor size was seen in 17 patients. Immunohistochemical assays for Bcl-2 expression in a selection of these tumors before and after treatment showed a significant decrease in this apoptosis-suppressing protein. On average, the percentage of tumor cells expressing the proliferation marker Ki-67 was not decreased, which suggests that the action of ajoene is not explained by a cytostatic effect. To obtain further insight into the mode of action of ajoene, the BCC cell line TE354T and a short-term primary culture of BCC were analyzed for apoptosis induction after treatment with the drug. Apoptosis was detected by morphology of the cells and by flow cytometry. Ajoene induced apoptosis in a dose- and time-dependent manner in these cultures.
Taking together the results of the in vivo and in vitro studies, we conclude that ajoene can reduce BCC tumor size, mainly by inducing the mitochondria-dependent route of apoptosis.
Arch Dermatol Res. 2003 Jul;295(3):117-23.
Ajoene inhibits both primary tumor growth and metastasis
of B16/BL6 melanoma cells in C57BL/6 mice.
Taylor P, Noriega R, Farah C, Abad MJ, Arsenak M, Apitz R.
Laboratorio de Patologia Celular y Molecular, Centro de Medicina Experimental, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas (IVIC), Apartado 21827, Caracas 1020-A, Venezuela. ptaylor@ivic.ve
Ajoene is an organosulphur compound derived from garlic with important effects on several membrane-associated processes such as platelet aggregation, as well as being cytotoxic for tumor cell lines in vitro. In the present study, we investigated the effect of ajoene on different cell types in vitro, as well as its inhibitory effects on both primary tumors and metastasis in a mouse model. We found ajoene to inhibit tumor cell growth in vitro, but also to inhibit strongly metastasis to lung in the B16/BL6 melanoma tumor model in C57BL/6 mice. As far as we are aware, this is the first report of the anti-metastatic effect of ajoene. Ajoene also inhibited tumor-endothelial cell adhesion, as well as the in vivo TNF-alpha response to lipopolysaccharide. Possible mechanisms of its antitumoral activity are discussed in the light of these results.
Cancer Lett. 2006 Aug 8;239(2):298-304.
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Maybe the miracle cure is right under your nose?
by Tom Arneberg, Community Columnist
...What is the scientific basis for the healing power of garlic?
Garlic is a natural antibiotic that kills infecting bacteria. The forefather of antibiotic medicine, Louis Pasteur, acknowledged garlic to be effective, and later studies have shown activity similar to a more modern antibiotic, chloramphenicol.
Unlike modern antibiotics, garlic needs no prescription. And it's cheap, so we don't even need universal health care to partake. There are many other purported health benefits of garlic, regarding cholesterol, blood pressure, and so on. But for me, it's worth it even if the only advantage is getting sick less.
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Isolation of alliumin, a novel protein with antimicrobial
and antiproliferative activities from multiple-cloved garlic bulbs.
Xia L, Ng TB.
Dept.Biochemistry, Faculty of Med.,The Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China.
A protein designated alliumin, with a molecular mass of 13 kDa and an N-terminal sequence similar to a partial sequence of glucanase, and demonstrating antifungal activity against Mycosphaerella arachidicola, but not against Fusarium oxysporum, was isolated from multiple-cloved garlic (Allium sativum) bulbs. The protein, designated as alliumin, was purified using ion exchange chromatography on DEAE-cellulose, CM-cellulose and Mono S, affinity chromatography on Affi-gel blue gel, and gel filtration on Superdex 75. Alliumin was unadsorbed on DEAE-cellulose, but was adsorbed on Affi-gel blue gel, CM-cellulose and Mono S. Its antifungal activity was retained after boiling for 1 h and also after treatment with trypsin or chymotrypsin (1:1, w/w) for 30 min at room temperature. Alliumin was inhibitory to the bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens and exerted antiproliferative activity toward leukemia L1210 cells. However, it was devoid of ribonuclease activity, protease activity, mitogenic activity toward mouse splenocytes, and antiproliferative activity toward hepatoma Hep G2 cells.
Peptides. 2005 Feb;26(2):177-83.
L1210 = murine lymphoblastic leukemia cell line.
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Iko...would you like me to move the original garlic thread here ?
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I am pretty sure he wouldn't want to. Otherwise he wouldn't have made this new thread. [;D] Unless he didn't want to bother a moderator?
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Iko...would you like me to move the original garlic thread here ?
Thanks me friendos,
I just moved reports and abstracts here,
leaving the entertaining "bagna cauda"
sort of thing down there in Guest Book.
I meant to keep it more scientific here.
ikod
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Antifungal effects of the volatile oils from Allium plants
against Trichophyton species and synergism of the oils with ketoconazole.
Pyun MS, Shin S.
College of Pharmacy, Duksung Women's University, Seoul 132-714, Republic of Korea.
In an attempt to develop stable and safe antifungal agents from natural products (daily foodstuffs in particular), the activities of essential oils from Allium sativum for. pekinense, A. cepa, and A. fistulosum against three Trichophyton species responsible for severe mycoses in humans were investigated and compared with activity of allicin in this study. The fungistatic activities of Allium oils were evaluated by the broth dilution method and disk diffusion assay. The combined effects of Allium oils with ketoconazole were tested by the checkerboard titer test. Among the tested oils, A. sativum for. pekinense oil exhibited the strongest inhibition of growth of T. rubrum, T. erinacei, and T. soudanense with MICs (minimum inhibiting concentrations) of 64microg/ml, while the activities of A. cepa and A. fistulosum were relatively mild. The inhibiting activities of the oils on Sabouraud agar plates were dose dependent against Trichophyton species. Additionally, these oils showed significant synergistic antifungal activity when combined with ketoconazole in the checkerboard titer test and disk diffusion test.
Phytomedicine. 2006 Jun;13(6):394-400.
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Iko, one curious thing. At the end of your posts, you write "Ikod"
Why the "d" at the end? [:P]
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Iko, one curious thing. At the end of your posts, you write "Ikod"
Why the "d" at the end? [:P]
Hi Newbie-Hero Seany,
Surprisingly you aren't curious enough to check my bio-info...
Enrico
Ico
iko
ikod
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Hmm. I've just read it. But why is it anything to do with Cod Liver Oil? I'm not sure what Cod Liver Oil contains, but something to do with ikod? [:P]
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Hmm. I've just read it. But why is it anything to do with Cod Liver Oil? I'm not sure what Cod Liver Oil contains, but something to do with ikod? [:P]
It's a long story I tried to compress in the 'Childhood Leukemia' topic and to expand in terms of information in 'Cod Liver Oil'(Complementary Med.).
Actually this was my motivation to join NKSs forum.
My message got through the web and now the discussion is open!
Take care
ikod
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OK! It's just that your name reminds me of an ipod. [:o]
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OK! It's just that your name reminds me of an ipod. [:o]
No way ikod is gonna be as famous as ipod, young Seany!
ikoded [8)]
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LOL! That picture is awesome! [;D]
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Hi there,
I happen to notice you have a post here about how pure and isolated Allicin can kill MRSA.
Our family is living proof of this. Last year we nearly lost our oldest son to flesh eating CA-MRSA.
Our doctor is the chief of staff at our local hospital. He told us not to worry because the 3 antibiotics that he used would kill MRSA with no problem.
MRSA was back withing 10 days of finishing the antibiotics.
I knew at that point that we were in big trouble.
I researched natural things that would kill MRSA without causing resistance.
We found Allimed, pure and isolated Allicin.
We all started using it internally and externally. Before it had a chance to kick in, MRSA started to get to the rest of our family.
It went after our youngest son and then to me.
I kept fighting MRSA with Allimed and we are so glad we did.
We saw an ID doctor and I asked why if they culture MRSA to see which drugs it is sensitive to, does it not kill it.
He could only say that they keep combining antibiotic to see which one MIGHT kill it.
I realized at that point that they are experimenting on us and we decided to run from antibiotics.
We had such excellent results from using Allimed that we have not needed any further medical attention. We killed MRSA ourselves! Praise God
Here is the website for Allimed www.allimedonline.com
It was developed by a team of doctors and scientist in England.
I hope this helps others, PHD
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Excellent news, Dee. I note from your last topic you were going to try collodic silver. Did you?
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Hi PhDee,
thanks for your contribution. Only now I read your 2006 notes too, unfortunately I missed them in my extensive 'rounds' through this forum. I will be more careful, in the future, searching the forum (it is soooo easy!) while posting specific stuff like MRSA-bugs.
I stick this recent report from Korea (just the abstract) about MRSA and an essential oil, even if it has nothing to do with garlic.
The antimicrobial activity of essential oil from Dracocephalum foetidum against pathogenic microorganisms.
Lee SB, Cha KH, Kim SN, Altantsetseg S, Shatar S, Sarangerel O, Nho CW.
Natural Products Research Center, KIST Gangneung Institute, Gangneung Techno Valley, Gangneung, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea.
A number of essential oils from Mongolian aromatic plants are claimed to have antimicrobial activities. The essential oil of Dracocephalum foetidum, a popular essential oil used in Mongolian traditional medicine, was examined for its antimicrobial activity. Eight human pathogenic microorganisms including B. subtilis, S. aureus, M. lutens, E. hirae, S. mutans, E. coli, C. albicans, and S. cerevisiae were examined. The essential oil of Dracocephalum foetidum exhibited strong antimicrobial activity against most of the pathogenic bacteria and yeast strains that were tested; by both the agar diffusion method and the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) assay (MIC range was 26-2592 microg/ml). Interestingly, Dracocephalum foetidum even showed antimicrobial activity against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains. We also analyzed the chemical composition of the oil by GC-MS and identified several major components, including n-Mentha-1,8-dien-10-al, limonene, geranial, and neral.
J Microbiol. 2007 Feb;45(1):53-7.
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Iko...would you like me to move the original garlic thread here ?
Thanks me friendos,
I just moved reports and abstracts here,
leaving the entertaining "bagna cauda"
sort of thing down there in Guest Book.
I meant to keep it more scientific here.
ikod
Ajoene (natural garlic compound): a new anti-leukaemia agent for AML therapy.
Hassan HT.
The reputation of garlic (Allium sativum) as an effective remedy for tumours extends back to the Egyptian Codex Ebers of 1550 b.c. Several garlic compounds including allicin and its corresponding sulfide inhibit the proliferation and induce apoptosis of several human non-leukaemia malignant cells including breast, bladder, colorectal, hepatic, prostate cancer, lymphoma and skin tumour cell lines. Ajoene (4,5,9-trithiadodeca-1,6,11-triene-9-oxide) is a garlic-derived compound produced most efficiently from pure allicin and has the advantage of a greater chemical stability than allicin. Several clinical trials and in vitro studies of ajoene have demonstrated its best-known anti-thrombosis, anti-microbial and cholesterol lowering activities. Recently, topic application of ajoene has produced significant clinical response in patients with skin basal cell carcinoma. Ajoene was shown to inhibit proliferation and induce apoptosis of several human leukaemia CD34-negative cells including HL-60, U937, HEL and OCIM-1. Also, ajoene induces 30% apoptosis in myeloblasts from chronic myeloid leukaemia patient in blast crisis. More significantly, ajoene profoundly enhanced the apoptotic effect of the two chemotherapeutic drugs: cytarabine and fludarabine in human CD34-positive resistant myeloid leukaemia cells through enhancing their bcl-2 inhibitory and caspase-3 activation activities. The two key anti-leukaemia biological actions of ajoene were the inhibition of proliferation and the induction of apoptosis. Studies have shown the anti-proliferation activity of ajoene to be associated with a block in the G2/M phase of cell cycle in human myeloid leukaemia cells. The apoptosis inducing activity of ajoene is via the mitochondria-dependent caspase cascade through a significant reduction of the anti-apoptotic bcl-2 that results in release of cytochrome c and the activation of caspase-3. Since acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) is a heterogeneous malignant disease in which disease progression at the level of CD34-positive cells has a major impact on resistance to chemotherapy and relapse and the inability to undergo apoptosis is a crucial mechanism of multi-drug resistance in AML patients. The recent findings of the potent enhancing activity of ajoene on chemotherapy-induced apoptosis in CD34-positive resistant human myeloid leukaemia cells suggest a novel promising role for the treatment of refractory and/or relapsed AML patients as well as elderly AML patients. Further studies are warranted to evaluate similar enhancing effect for ajoene in blast cells from AML patients in primary cultures before its introduction in pilot clinical study.
Leuk Res. 2004 Jul;28(7):667-71.
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Antibacterial Activity of Allicin Alone and in Combination with beta-Lactams
against Staphylococcus spp. and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Cai Y, Wang R, Pei F, Liang BB.
Department of Clinical Pharmacology, The PLA General Hospital.
Allicin is one of the most effective compounds isolated from garlic showing antibacterial activity. Determination of MIC alone or in combination with cefazolin/oxacillin against Staphylococcus spp. or with cefoperazone against Pseudomonas aeruginosa showed that allicin alone did not have good antibacterial activity (MIC(90) >512 mug/ml) but it facilitated antibacterial activity of all three beta-lactams tested at subinhibitory concentrations. In the presence of 1/8 to 1/2 the MIC of allicin, the MIC(90) values of cefazolin, oxicillin, and cefoperazone were reduced by 4~128, 32~64, and 8~16 fold, respectively. Thus, allicin-beta-lactam combinations offer promise of clinical utility especially if synergism is demonstrated by in vivo experimental studies.
J Antibiot (Tokyo). 2007 May;60(5):335-8.
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Nice information Iko.. I think me will increase me consumption of Garlic! I love it anyways!
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If you can read Turkish...there is a free full-text link for this review!
http://www.tparazitolderg.org/text.php3?id=258
[Garlic (Allium sativum) and traditional medicine.][Article in Turkish]
Ayaz E, Alpsoy HC.
Uludağ Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Parazitoloji Anabilim Dalı, Görükle, Bursa, Turkey.
Medicinal plants such as thyme, onion, blackseed, lemon balm and nettle are intensively used in traditional medicine, today. Garlic is among the most important of these plants. For this purpose, garlic has been extensively used worldwide for centuries, especially in the Far East. Garlic is reported to be a wonderful medicinal plant owing to its preventive characteristics in cardiovascular diseases, regulating blood pressure, lowering blood sugar and cholesterol levels, effective against bacterial, viral, fungal and parasitic infections, enhancing the immune system and having antitumoral and antioxidant features. Garlic exerts these effects thanks to more than 200 chemicals. It contains sulfur compounds (allicin, alliin and agoene), volatile oils, enzymes (allinase, peroxidase and miracynase), carbohydrates (sucrose and glucose), minerals (selenium), amino acids such as cysteine, glutamine, isoleucine and methionine which help to protect cells from the harms of free radicals, bioflavonoids such as quercetin and cyanidin, allistatin I and allistatin II, and vitamins C, E and A which help to protect us from oxidation agents and free radicals, and other vitamins such as niacin, B1 and B2 and beta-carotene. In this article, the information about the characteristics of garlic, the diseases on which it is effective and its use against parasitic diseases will be given.
Turkiye Parazitol Derg. 2007;31(2):145-149.
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Brilliant stuff here. I don't doubt the efficacy of the Science. However a question comes to mind - what dosage of allicin is needed for those miraculous antibacterial or anti-cancer effects? And, how many tablets of garlic available from the chemists does that correspond to? i think what I am saying is about the transfer of in vitro science to in vivo studies and the amount of allicin in commercially available garlic tablets from the supermarket.
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Hi Heronumber0,
of course those are good questions; I think that most of the work has still to be done to follow our strict scientific standards for clinical investigation.
Plenty of experimental studies in animals are already available in the medical literature.
As far as anti-infectious applications are concerned, the recent data from the U.K. group of investigators -previously reported here- could be directly used by other teams.
Chinese doctors may offer help and experience. A bone marrow transplant team in Beijing reported the use of garlic preparations against CMV and other infections, suggesting positive effects.
In my personal opinion, the whole issue might easily go on being neglected for the years to come.
No patent, no funding, no research, no result: everything slows down.
Maybe.
ikoD
Brilliant stuff here. I don't doubt the efficacy of the Science. However a question comes to mind - what dosage of allicin is needed for those miraculous antibacterial or anti-cancer effects? And, how many tablets of garlic available from the chemists does that correspond to? i think what I am saying is about the transfer of in vitro science to in vivo studies and the amount of allicin in commercially available garlic tablets from the supermarket.
P.S.
The aim of this thread is not to claim miracle effects, but further help in standard treatments.
I probably exaggerated in saying that this issue is neglected:
Garlic = 2699citations on PubMed today
Garlic and cancer = 478
Curcumin and cancer = 725
cod liver oil and leukemia = 1
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Thanks for that iko. Do you think 6 tablets/capsules with a concentration of garlic extract at 200mg/ml (approximately) taken 6 times a day would be sufficient to keep systemic allicin levels high enough?
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As I mentioned before, there is not enough information
about garlic preparations, dosages and treatment protocols.
I am no expert whatsoever: I post these reports to let you
know that something good may hide behind these simple old-
fashioned remedies.
If you want to give it a try, it's up to you to find out
proper information and go...under your full responsability.
Here we may discuss whether these reports are consistent
enough, have other scientific contributions from NKSmembers,
make this issue a bit less neglected.
ikoD
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I'm not trying to pressure you ikoD, I just wondered if we would receive enough allicin from taking garlic supplements on a daily basis. Thank you for posting real data and that is very valuable to make a balanced judgement. Keep on posting because this stuff really interests me.
Of course if I start to take on garlic treatment I will take full responsibility for it. I think we have to consider the active ingredient allicin in the garlic pills and they probably differ depending on the method of preparation. I will have to get off my backside and do my own research.
Thanks for your answer
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I'm not trying to pressure you ikoD, I just wondered if we would receive enough allicin from taking garlic supplements on a daily basis. Thank you for posting real data and that is very valuable to make a balanced judgement. Keep on posting because this stuff really interests me.
Of course if I start to take on garlic treatment I will take full responsibility for it. I think we have to consider the active ingredient allicin in the garlic pills and they probably differ depending on the method of preparation. I will have to get off my backside and do my own research.
Thanks for your answer
Hi Heronumber0,
Thanks for your encouraging reply.
Voil garlic people!
This is quite recent stuff
about allicin from Israel:
The antiatherogenic effect of allicin: possible mode of action.
Gonen A, Harats D, Rabinkov A, Miron T, Mirelman D, Wilchek M, Weiner L, Ulman E, Levkovitz H, Ben-Shushan D, Shaish A.
Institute of Lipid and Atherosclerosis Research, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel.
OBJECTIVE: Garlic (Allium sativum) has been suggested to affect several cardiovascular risk factors. Its antiatherosclerotic properties are mainly attributed to allicin that is produced upon crushing of the garlic clove. Most previous studies used various garlic preparations in which allicin levels were not well defined. In the present study, we evaluated the effects of pure allicin on atherogenesis in experimental mouse models.
METHODS AND RESULTS: Daily dietary supplement of allicin, 9 mg/kg body weight, reduced the atherosclerotic plaque area by 68.9 and 56.8% in apolipoprotein E-deficient and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor knockout mice, respectively, as compared with control mice. LDL isolated from allicin-treated groups was more resistant to CuSO(4)-induced oxidation ex vivo than LDL isolated from control mice. Incubation of mouse plasma with (3)H-labeled allicin showed binding of allicin to lipoproteins. By using electron spin resonance, we demonstrated reduced Cu(2+) binding to LDL following allicin treatment. LDL treatment with allicin significantly inhibited both native LDL and oxidized LDL degradation by isolated mouse macrophages.
CONCLUSIONS: By using a pure allicin preparation, we were able to show that allicin may affect atherosclerosis not only by acting as an antioxidant, but also by other mechanisms, such as lipoprotein modification and inhibition of LDL uptake and degradation by macrophages.
Pathobiology. 2005;72(6):325-34.
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Iko, I enjoyed reading about garlic and having used it for many years to combat bugs anti mosquito replant, de worming, and de fleeing dogs along with many other uses it does make one think why nothing has been done to test this amazing vegetable further. The use as an affective wart treatment suggests it’s antifungal and antiviral properties may be far reaching.
I love to eat wild garlic flowers and stems while walking my dogs that aromatic smell fills the whole of the woodland, and the dogs are partial to the odd mouthful also. I very often push a clove of garlic into the flowerbeds, this helps to get rid of pesky critters and provides me with a free source of garlic J
Andrew
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Iko, I enjoyed reading about garlic and having used it for many years to combat bugs anti mosquito replant, de worming, and de fleeing dogs along with many other uses it does make one think why nothing has been done to test this amazing vegetable further. The use as an affective wart treatment suggests it’s antifungal and antiviral properties may be far reaching.
I love to eat wild garlic flowers and stems while walking my dogs that aromatic smell fills the whole of the woodland, and the dogs are partial to the odd mouthful also. I very often push a clove of garlic into the flowerbeds, this helps to get rid of pesky critters and provides me with a free source of garlic J
Andrew
Hi Andrew,
I'm glad that you're interested in these garlic notes.
You're right, some more scientific effort towards this issue would be appreciated. Nevertheless, something has been done and properly reported, more stuff will come in the near future.
We (garlic supporters) are ready to celebrate!
Take care
ikod [^]
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Enhancement of the fungicidal activity of amphotericin B by allicin,
an allyl-sulfur compound from garlic, against the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a model system.
Ogita A, Fujita K, Taniguchi M, Tanaka T.
Institute for Health and Sport Sciences, Osaka City University, 3-3-138 Sugimo-to, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558-8585, Japan.
Amphotericin B (AmB) is a representative antibiotic for the control of serious fungal infections, and its fungicidal activity was greatly enhanced by allicin, an allyl-sulfur compound from garlic. In addition to the plasma membrane permeability change, AmB induced vacuole membrane damage so that the organelles were visible as small discrete particles. Although allicin was ineffective in promoting AmB-induced plasma membrane disability, this compound enhanced AmB-induced structural damage to the vacuolar membrane even at a non-lethal dose of the antibiotic. Allicin could also enhance the antifungal activity of AmB against the pathogenic fungus Candida albicans and against Aspergillus fumigatus. In contrast, allicin did not enhance the cytotoxic activity of AmB against cells of human promyelocytic leukemia (HL-60), a vacuole-less organism.
Planta Med. 2006 Oct;72(13):1247-50. Epub 2006 Aug 10.
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What is the best brand of garlic to get that doesn't taste and make you burp garlic?
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What is the best brand of garlic to get that doesn't taste and make you burp garlic?
Hi Gurugirl,
I have no idea. Commercial garlic pills are from so many brands...it's up to you to choose and trust the producer. Not exactly 100% sure, but I knew that most active substances are sulphur compounds and smelly: so, no smell no good!
Maybe.
ikoD [:o)]
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...talking about garlic and 'kitchen medicine'...
Curcumin as "Curecumin": From kitchen to clinic.
Goel A, Kunnumakkara AB, Aggarwal BB.
Gastrointestinal Cancer Research Laboratory, Department of Internal Medicine, Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center and Baylor Research Institute, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States.
Although turmeric (Curcuma longa; an Indian spice) has been described in Ayurveda, as a treatment for inflammatory diseases and is referred by different names in different cultures, the active principle called curcumin or diferuloylmethane, a yellow pigment present in turmeric (curry powder) has been shown to exhibit numerous activities. Extensive research over the last half century has revealed several important functions of curcumin. It binds to a variety of proteins and inhibits the activity of various kinases. By modulating the activation of various transcription factors, curcumin regulates the expression of inflammatory enzymes, cytokines, adhesion molecules, and cell survival proteins. Curcumin also downregulates cyclin D1, cyclin E and MDM2; and upregulates p21, p27, and p53. Various preclinical cell culture and animal studies suggest that curcumin has potential as an antiproliferative, anti-invasive, and antiangiogenic agent; as a mediator of chemoresistance and radioresistance; as a chemopreventive agent; and as a therapeutic agent in wound healing, diabetes, Alzheimer disease, Parkinson disease, cardiovascular disease, pulmonary disease, and arthritis. Pilot phase I clinical trials have shown curcumin to be safe even when consumed at a daily dose of 12g for 3 months. Other clinical trials suggest a potential therapeutic role for curcumin in diseases such as familial adenomatous polyposis, inflammatory bowel disease, ulcerative colitis, colon cancer, pancreatic cancer, hypercholesteremia, atherosclerosis, pancreatitis, psoriasis, chronic anterior uveitis and arthritis. Thus, curcumin, a spice once relegated to the kitchen shelf, has moved into the clinic and may prove to be "Curecumin".
Biochem Pharmacol. 2007 Aug 19;
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Garlic news...
High-Garlic Diet Can Help Heart Performance And Chances Of Avoiding Cancer
Monday October 22, 2007
CityNews.ca Staff
Sure it can make your breath smell like something awful, but scientific research suggests a healthy daily helping of garlic can go do a lot when it comes to helping your health.
The foremost effects are on the heart, where garlic boosts the body's supply of hydrogen sulfide, which protects one of the most important organs.
"Garlic actually relaxes blood cells, so the vessels and the blood cells become more plastic and more elastic," said Jennifer Sygo, a registered dietician with the Cleveland Clinic.
But it's not just good for the heart. A garlic-rich diet can protect against breast, prostate and colon cancer, medical experts suggest.
The bad news is that in order to get the full health benefits should be eaten raw, but if you or others can't stand the smell on your breath, the second best way is to crush it before cooking, which releases the food's healthy compounds.
Unfortunately though, when it comes to garlic, a little doesn't go a long way. Experts suggest a total of two cloves a day are needed to make noticeable improvements in one's diet, a smelly sacrifice not many are willing to make.
more from: http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_15994.aspx
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Antisocial effects compensated by anti-Alzheimer properties?
Anti-amyloidogenic activity of S-allyl-l-cysteine and its activity to destabilize Alzheimer's beta-amyloid fibrils in vitro.
Gupta VB, Rao KS.
Department of Biochemistry and Nutrition, Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore 570020, India.
Alzheimer's disease involves Abeta accumulation, oxidative damage and inflammation and there is currently no clinically accepted treatment to stop its progression. Its risk is known to reduce with increased consumption of antioxidant and anti-inflammatory agents. Fibrillar aggregates of Abeta are major constituents of the senile plaques found in the brains of AD patients and have been related to AD neurotoxicity. It is reported that SAC (S-allyl-l-cysteine), a water-soluble organosulfur component present in garlic is known to prevent cognitive decline by protecting neurons from Abeta induced neuronal apoptosis. Hence, we investigated the effects of SAC on Abeta aggregation by employing Thioflavin-T, transmission electron microscopy, SDS-PAGE, size exclusion-HPLC. Under aggregating conditions in vitro, SAC dose-dependently inhibited Abeta fibrillation and also destabilized preformed Abeta fibrils. Further, Circular dichroism and fluorescence quenching studies supported the binding ability of SAC to Abeta and inducing a partially folded conformation in Abeta. The 3D structure of Abeta-SAC complex was also predicted employing automated docking studies.
Neurosci Lett. 2007 Sep 29 [Epub ahead of print]
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A definitive role in supportive treatment in oncology is far away to come...
S-Allylcysteine reduces breast tumor cell adhesion and invasion.
Gapter LA, Yuin OZ, Ng KY.
Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, 18 Science Drive 4, Building S4, Singapore 117543, Republic of Singapore.
Previous studies show that aqueous garlic extract and its derivatives (e.g. S-allylcysteine [SAC]) prevent carcinogen-induced breast tumorigenesis.
However, investigations testing the effect of SAC on later stages of breast tumorigenesis and/or metastasis have produced mixed results. Here we show that SAC significantly reduced anchorage-dependent and -independent growth of MDA-MB-231 breast tumor cells in a dose- and time-dependent fashion, and sub-lethal SAC-treatment altered mammary tumor cell adhesion and invasion through components of the extracellular matrix. We provide evidence to suggest increased expression of E-cadherin and reduced MMP-2 expression and activity are partially responsible for inhibition of mammary tumor cell invasion by SAC. Because E-cadherin and MMP-2 are important in cancer metastasis, these results suggest a link between SAC induction of E-cadherin and reduction of MMP2 activity with the inhibition of cell motility and invasion; thus providing evidence that events leading to breast cancer metastasis are repressed by sub-lethal SAC-treatment.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2008 Jan 9 [Epub ahead of print]
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This is great news from China:
garlic was supposed to PREVENT
stomach cancer in the long run...
So this is much more than expected!
(can you all read Chinese?)
[Effect of local application of allicinvia gastroscopy on cell proliferation and apoptosis of progressive gastric carcinoma]
[Article in Chinese]
Zhang ZD, Li Y, Jiao ZK, et al .
Department of General Surgery, Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang.
OBJECTIVE: To study the effects of local application of allicin via gastroscopy on progressive gastric carcinoma, and to investigate its possible mechanisms. METHODS: Eighty patients with progressive gastric adenocarcinoma, whose diagnosis was confirmed by gastroscopy and pathological examination, were assigned to 2 groups, 40 in each group. Forty-eight hours before operation, allicin was infused via gastroscopy to the lesion region of patients in the allicin group, and normal saline was infused instead to those in the control group. The gastric carcinoma tissue gotten from gastrectomy was taken to determine the percentage of cells in various cell cycle phases ( G0/ G1, S and G2/M), the cell apoptosis rate, proliferation index value and apoptosis related gene protein such as Fas, Bax and Bcl-2 by flow cytometry. RESULTS: In the allicin group, the cell apoptosis rate was 9.60 +/- 1.52%, the percentage of cell in G0/G1 phase was 72.12 +/- 8.35%, in G2/M phase 9.54 +/- 3.20%, and PI 27.80 +/- 8.35, while in the control group, the corresponding data was 2.20 +/- 0.58%, 69.56 +/- 5.15%, 13.20 +/- 3.05%, and 30.40 +/- 5.15, respectively, and significant difference in all the 4 indexes could be found between the two groups (P < 0.05, P < 0.01). Moreover, allicin showed effects in up-regulating the protein expressions of apoptosis promoting gene Bax and apoptosis initiating gene Fas (P < 0.05, P < 0.01), and down-regulating that of anti-apoptosis gene Bcl-2 (P < 0.05).
CONCLUSION: Local application of allicin via gastroscopy can inhibit the cell growth and proliferation of progressive gastric carcinoma, and can also promote gastric carcinoma cell apoptosis.
Zhongguo Zhong Xi Yi Jie He Za Zhi. 2008 Feb;28(2):108-10.
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WOW!! That is really good news in that study and do you think it will become a treatment? How many more studies do they have to use to impact the medical treatment as far as becoming a viable recommended treatment?
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WOW!! That is really good news in that study and do you think it will become a treatment? How many more studies do they have to use to impact the medical treatment as far as becoming a viable recommended treatment?
Hi Karen,
I think this is just a start: further studies are needed...
Well, talking about such a simple substance like allicin,
this is great news indeed!
Take care
ikoD
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Thanks IKO.. You too!
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From Mendoza, Argentina, and Madison, Wisconsin USA,
a cooperation study to demonstrate that some medical
properties of garlic are preserved after short cooking
of the crushed cloves:
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Effect of cooking on garlic (Allium sativum L.) antiplatelet activity and thiosulfinates content.
Cavagnaro PF, Camargo A, Galmarini CR, Simon PW.
INTA - EEA La Consulta and CONICET, INTA, EEA La Consulta CC8, San Carlos, Mendoza (5567), Argentina.
The raw form of garlic and some of its preparations are widely recognized as antiplatelet agents that may contribute to the prevention of cardiovascular disease. Herein, we examined the in-vitro antiaggregatory activity (IVAA) of human blood platelets induced by extracts of garlic samples that were previously heated (in the form of crushed versus uncrushed cloves) using different cooking methods and intensities. The concentrations of allicin and pyruvate, two predictors of antiplatelet strength, were also monitored. Oven-heating at 200 degrees C or immersing in boiling water for 3 min or less did not affect the ability of garlic to inhibit platelet aggregation (as compared to raw garlic), whereas heating for 6 min completely suppressed IVAA in uncrushed, but not in previously crushed, samples. The latter samples had reduced, yet significant, antiplatelet activity. Prolonged incubation (more than 10 min) at these temperatures completely suppressed IVAA. Microwaved garlic had no effect on platelet aggregation. However, increasing the concentration of garlic juice in the aggregation reaction had a positive IVAA dose response in crushed, but not in uncrushed, microwaved samples. The addition of raw garlic juice to microwaved uncrushed garlic restored a full complement of antiplatelet activity that was completely lost without the garlic addition. Garlic-induced IVAA was always associated with allicin and pyruvate levels.
Our results suggest that (1) allicin and thiosulfinates are responsible for the IVAA response, (2) crushing garlic before moderate cooking can reduce the loss of activity, and (3) the partial loss of antithrombotic effect in crushed-cooked garlic may be compensated by increasing the amount consumed.
J Agric Food Chem. 2007 Feb 21;55(4):1280-8. Epub 2007 Jan 27.
free access online: http://pubs.acs.org/cgi-bin/abstract.cgi/jafcau/2007/55/i04/abs/jf062587s.html
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Garlic is known as nature wonder drug. It has got all the antibiotic, antiviral and anti-fungal characteristics.
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Exciting stuff. :)
I'm looking forward to take garlic supplements in order to manage hypertension.
Here's a study I found which review the clinical relevance of garlic in lowering blood pressure:
Abstract
Garlic supplements have shown promise in the treatment of uncontrolled hypertension, lowering blood pressure (BP) by about 10 mmHg systolic and 8 mmHg diastolic, similar to standard BP medication. Aged garlic extract, which contains S-allylcysteine as the bioactive sulfur compound, in particular is standardizable and highly tolerable, with little or no known harmful interaction when taken with other BP-reducing or blood-thinning medication. Here we describe biologically plausible mechanisms of garlic’s BP-lowering effect. Garlic-derived polysulfides stimulate the production of the vascular gasotransmitter hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and enhance the regulation of endothelial nitric oxide (NO), which induce smooth muscle cell relaxation, vasodilation, and BP reduction. Several dietary and genetic factors influence the efficiency of the H2S and NO signaling pathways and may contribute to the development of hypertension. Sulfur deficiency might play a part in the etiology of hypertension, and could be alleviated with supplementation of organosulfur compounds derived from garlic.
Potential of garlic (Allium sativum) in lowering high blood pressure: mechanisms of action and clinical relevance - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4266250
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My blood pressure dropped significantly since i use the following medicinal supplements on a daily basis:
- Vitamin D (1000 UI/day)
- Apple cider vinegar (2 times/day)
- Garlic (5 mg/day)
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Garlic may help to reduce atherogenic plaques formation, a probable cause of essential hypertension.
See: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9263259
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Due to the medical effects, garlic has been used for centuries to treat everything from skin diseases to parasites. Yeast and fungal infections, especially Candida overgrowth, are examples. However, I think this ingredient may work better for internal infections, for examples, coughing and candidiasis. I have had jock itch- one kind of fungal skin infections. Many people suggested washing the area with warm water or applying garlic paste. I tried them all but nothing helped. Garlic did burn and irritate the sensitive skin.
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Garlic:
Garlic has natural forming antibacterial compounds that have been used time and time again through history to help with natural remedies. Allicin, one of nature’s most potent antibiotics, can ward off bacteria that could otherwise damage your cellular structure and your body as a whole. Garlic’s natural sulfur compounds, such as thiacremonone, have skin drying agents to prevent oil build up but more relevant sulfur is a great anti-inflammatory.
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Garlic (like Turmeric) is one of the hidden gems to everlasting health.
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garlic is the best bro! :)
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I really like garlic. This is a wonderful product. Aphrodisiac, currency, food, medicine, repellent against vampires - garlic has many uses for centuries.
Garlic contains vitamins C and B6, manganese, selenium and other antioxidants (especially allicin).
I also read that garlic can be effective against high blood pressure, cardiovascular diseases, cholesterol, colds and certain types of cancer.
Garlic can lower cholesterol. I'm interested in this question. Maybe someone knows the information.
I also think that garlic prevents garlic from catching colds.
Perhaps for these reasons, experts say that the best way to get your garlic from fresh cloves, although there may be several "side effects" of eating. Skull breathing is probably the worst, but some people suffer from indigestion after eating fresh garlic.
A less stinky and simpler stomach alternative may be black garlic that is "aged" with intense heat and humidity for 10 days, turning the bulbs into black and presumably giving the alley a sweeter, more acidic taste with jelly-like consistency. This aging process relieves garlic of its sharp, irritating properties, but the benefits remain.
Studies link this method of nutrition, which emphasizes products, legumes, grains, and healthy oils with a small amount of fish and meat - to improve the quality of life, reduce the risk of chronic diseases and improve brain health in the elderly.
I use garlic in a variety of recipes. You can use it to flavor a healthy dish without adding salt. Just be sure to use fresh garlic instead of garlic salt, which will raise the sodium level.
Choose the freshest bulbs. Look for chubby bulbs with dense skin that does not wear out, loose, dried or moldy. Germination is also a sign of age. I know that the younger the garlic, the higher the concentration of its active ingredients. Although garlic can be stored for several months, but it is best to eat it for a week.
I hope this is interesting to someone.
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Garlic contained wonderful medicine properties, it is useful to cure many things, Especially it will wave off the Digestion related problem. It has effects to cure some other health issues such as heart problem, blood pressure, cancer-related issues and etc...