Potential health benefit of garlic based on human intervention studies: A brief overview

J Ansary, TY Forbes-Hernández, E Gil, D Cianciosi… - Antioxidants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Garlic is a polyphenolic and organosulfur enriched nutraceutical spice consumed since
ancient times. Garlic and its secondary metabolites have shown excellent health-promoting …

Quantitative assessment of atherosclerotic plaque, recent progress and current limitations

MC Williams, JP Earls, H Hecht - Journal of Cardiovascular Computed …, 2022 - Elsevier
An important advantage of computed tomography coronary angiography (CCTA) is its ability
to visualize the presence and severity of atherosclerotic plaque, rather than just assessing …

Testosterone treatment and coronary artery plaque volume in older men with low testosterone

MJ Budoff, SS Ellenberg, CE Lewis, ER Mohler… - Jama, 2017 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Recent studies have yielded conflicting results as to whether testosterone
treatment increases cardiovascular risk. Objective To test the hypothesis that testosterone …

Garlic: A systematic review of the effects on cardiovascular diseases

VM Imaizumi, LF Laurindo, B Manzan… - Critical Reviews in …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Allium sativum (garlic) certainly is one of the oldest horticultural crops in the world and
presents bioactive compounds that are related to the garlic's effects on human health …

Advances in the study of vascular related protective effect of garlic (Allium sativum) extract and compounds

M Lu, J Pan, Y Hu, L Ding, Y Li, X Cui, M Zhang… - The Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Garlic (Allium sativum) is a functional food containing multiple bioactive compounds that find
widespread applications in culinary and medicinal practices. It consists of multiple chemical …

Nutrition, bioenergetics, and metabolic syndrome

FJ García-García, A Monistrol-Mula, F Cardellach… - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the global nutrition report shows that
whilst part of the world's population starves, the other part suffers from obesity and …

Effect of garlic's active constituents in inflammation, obesity and cardiovascular disease

I Quesada, M de Paola, C Torres-Palazzolo… - Current hypertension …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Several studies have attributed garlic's beneficial properties to
its high content of organosulfur compounds (OSCs). Here, we summarized recent studies …

Effect of Vascepa (icosapent ethyl) on progression of coronary atherosclerosis in patients with elevated triglycerides (200–499 mg/dL) on statin therapy: Rationale and …

M Budoff, J Brent Muhlestein, VT Le, HT May… - Clinical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Despite reducing progression and promoting regression of coronary atherosclerosis, statin
therapy does not fully address residual cardiovascular (CV) risk. High‐purity …

S-1-Propenylcysteine promotes IL-10-induced M2c macrophage polarization through prolonged activation of IL-10R/STAT3 signaling

S Miki, J Suzuki, M Takashima, M Ishida, H Kokubo… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease that may lead to the development of
serious cardiovascular diseases. Aged garlic extract (AGE) has been reported to ameliorate …

An update on the assessment and management of metabolic syndrome, a growing medical emergency in paediatric populations

C Mameli, GV Zuccotti, C Carnovale, E Galli… - Pharmacological …, 2017 - Elsevier
In the last decades the increasing rate of obesity in children and adolescents worldwide has
led to the onset in paediatric age of metabolic syndrome, a disease commonly associated to …