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ReviewJournal of traditional and complementary medicine2012

Recent Research Progress on Garlic ( dà suàn) as a Potential Anticarcinogenic Agent Against Major Digestive Cancers.

Rajasekaran Raghu, Kuan-Hung Lu, Lee-Yan Sheen

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Review in Journal of traditional and complementary medicine, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Rajasekaran RaghuInstitute of Food Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Kuan-Hung LuInstitute of Food Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Lee-Yan SheenInstitute of Food Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Garlic ( dà suàn; the bulb of Allium sativum), bestowed with an array of organosulfur compounds finds its application in treating many ailments including cardiovascular problems, common cold, bacterial and fungal infections and cancer. Numerous epidemiological evidences document the beneficial effects of various bioactive organosulfur compounds of garlic against different types of cancer. Studies involving the animal and cell models indicate garlic bioactive compounds could be effective in treating all the stages of cancer. This review gives an update on the recent pre-clinical and clinical trials, carried out to evaluate the efficacy of various garlic bioactive compounds along with the mechanism of action pertaining to major digestive cancers including liver, gastric and colorectal cancers. The major anti-carcinogenic mechanisms are caspase dependent and/or independent induction of apoptosis, anti-proliferative, anti-metastasis, anti-oxidant and immunomodulative properties. Form the clinical trials an increase in the garlic consumption of 20 g/day reduced the risk of gastric and colorectal cancer. In summary, increased uptake of garlic in diet may prevent the incidence of digestive cancers.

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Anticarcinogenic agentColorectal cancerGarlicGastric cancerLiver cancer

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PMID24716132
PMCPMC3942895

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