POTENTIAL OF GARLIC (ALLIUM SATIVUM) IN LOWERING HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE: MECHANISMS OF ACTION AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE

Potential of garlic (Allium sativum) in lowering high blood pressure: mechanisms of action and clinical relevance

Karin Ried, Peter Fakler National Institute of Integrative Medicine, Melbourne, VIC, Australia Abstract: Garlic supplements have shown promise in the treatment of uncontrolled Homeopathics hypertension, lowering blood pressure (BP) by about 10 mmHg systolic and 8 mmHg diastolic, similar to standard BP medication.Aged garlic extract, which contains

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The skin microbiome in healthy and allergic dogs.

BACKGROUND: Changes in the microbial populations on the skin of animals have traditionally been evaluated using conventional microbiology techniques.The sequencing of bacterial 16S rRNA genes has revealed that the human skin is inhabited by a highly diverse and variable microbiome that had previously not been demonstrated by culture-based methods.T

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Cestodes of the Brown-banded Bamboo Shark Chiloscyllium punctatum (Elasmobranchii: Hemiscylliidae) from the Gulf of Thailand

Specimens of cestode parasites were collected from 120 brown-banded bamboo sharks, Chiloscyllium punctatum, Noni collected from Chon Buri province, in the Gulf of Thailand.All fish specimens were found to be infected with cestodes.Eight species in 4 genera of cestodes were recorded, Caulopatera pagei, Orectolobicestus tyleri, Spiniloculus mavensis,

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