Allicin in garlic could protect against severe pulmonary hypertension
The human form of the disease, primary pulmonary hypertension, often leads to cardiovascular complications.
04/04/05 According to a study reported Saturday, April 2 by University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers at the Experimental Biology 2005 meeting in San Diego, small daily doses of allicin, the active metabolic in garlic, could be effective in preventing a severe form of pulmonary hypertension.
The human form of the disease, primary pulmonary hypertension, often leads to cardiovascular complications such as right heart hypertrophy and failure.
The presentation at Experimental Biology 2005 was part of the scientific sessions of the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.
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