Garlic cancer prevention

Ip C, Lisk DJ and Stoewasand GS. 1992. Mammary cancer prevention by regular garlic and selenium enriched garlic. Nutr Cancer 17 279-286. 

The data in this paper are consistent with a wealth of evidence showing that dietary Se consumed in excess of the Recommended Dietary Allowance lowers the risk of several important cancers (2, 14, 26, 27). Previous research has established a strong association between the dietary form of Se and the cancer-preventive properties of this element (5, 28). This paper extends the evidence that Se in chemical forms known to accumulate in garlic and some Brassica species is especially effective in the prevention of chemically induced carcinogenesis (14, 17). 

Garlic 2 3 61.21 million (38), Atherosclerosis, colon Breast cancer prevention. 

Garlic is used for a variety of reasons, and some of the attributes associated with it, e.g. for cancer prevention, or to reduce heart attacks, may not be substantiated. Other properties such as antimicrobial activity, effects on lipid metabolism, and platelet aggregation inhibitory action have been demonstrated. Ajoene has been shown to be a potent antithrombotic agent through inhibition of platelet aggregation. 

Ip, C., Birringer, M., Block, E., Kotrebai, M., Tyson, J.F., Uden, P.C., and Lisk, D.J. 2000. Chemical speciation influences comparative activity of selenium-enriched garlic and yeast in mammary cancer prevention. J. Agric. Food Chem. 48, 2062-2070. 

Immunostimulant effects of garlic include an increase in proliferation of lymphocyte and macrophage phagocytosis, induction of the infiltration of lymphocytes and macrophages in transplanted tumors, induction of splenic hypertrophy, increased release of interleukin (IL)-2, interferon-y, and tumor necrosis factor-a, and enhancement of natural killer cell activity. It is thought that these effects may be mechanisms of cancer prevention (49). Lau and colleagues tested an aqueous garlic extract from Japan, the protein fraction isolated from this same extract, and three additional extracts obtained from health food stores in Loma Linda, CA, for ability to stimulate murine T-lym-... 

Fleischauer AT, Poole C, Arab L. Garlic consumption and cancer prevention metaanalyses of colorectal and stomach cancers. Am J Clin Nutr 2000,72 1047-1052. 

Ip C, Lisk DJ. 1995. Efficacy of cancer prevention by high-selenium garlic is primarily dependent on the action of selenium. Carcinogenesis 16(ll) 2649-2652. 

IpC,LiskDJ. 1996. The attributes of selenium-enriched garlic in cancer prevention. In American Institute for Cancer Research, eds. Dietary phytochemicals in cancer prevention and treatment. New York, NY Plenum Press, 179-187. 

Alkyl cysteines are water soluble organosulfiir compounds in garlic and are formed from the hydrolysis of y-glutamylcysteines. These compounds were found to possess activities in cancer prevention, atherosclerosis and neurotrophic disorders. 

Das, S., Garlic a natural source of cancer preventive compounds, Asian Pac. J. Cancer Prev.,... 

Fukushima, S. Takada, N. Hori, T. Wanibuchi, H., Cancer prevention by organosulfur compounds from garlic and onion. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry (1997) 100—105. 

The allium plant family exhibits selenium chemistry and high-selenium garlic has found promise in mammary cancer prevention. At present, no selenium-enriched food or nutritional supplements have been fully characterized with respect to selenium compounds. 

Epidemiological Studies on the Cancer Prevention by Garlic and Onion... 

Nishimura, H. and Ariga, T. 1994. Vinyldithiins in garlic and Japanese domestic allium (A. victo-rialis). ACS Symp Ser 546(Food Phytochemicals for Cancer Prevention 1) 128-143. 

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