ALLICIN FROM GARLIC STRONGLY INHIBITS CYSTEINE PROTEINASES AND CYTOPATHIC EFFECTS OF ENTAMOEBA-HISTOLYTICA

Authors
ANKRI S MIRON T RABINKOV A WILCHEK M MIRELMAN D
Citation
S. Ankri et al., ALLICIN FROM GARLIC STRONGLY INHIBITS CYSTEINE PROTEINASES AND CYTOPATHIC EFFECTS OF ENTAMOEBA-HISTOLYTICA, Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 41(10), 1997, pp. 2286-2288
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Pharmacology & Pharmacy",Microbiology
Journal title
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy → ACNP
ISSN journal
00664804
Volume
41
Issue
10
Year of publication
1997
Pages
2286 - 2288
Database
ISI
SICI code
0066-4804(1997)41:10<2286:AFGSIC>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
The ability of Entamoeba histolytica trophozoites to destroy monolayer s of baby hamster kidney cells is inhibited by allicin, one of the act ive principles of garlic. Cysteine proteinases, an important contribut or to amebic virulence, as well as alcohol dehydrogenase, are strongly inhibited by allicin.