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 hypertension, lowering blood pressure (BP) by about 10 mmHg systolic and 8 mmHg diastolic, similar to standard BP medication.Aged garlic extract, which contains S-allylcystei

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Conservation in Countries with Multiple Crisis Factors: The Case of Los Katios National Natural Park, a World Humanity Heritage in Danger

Conservation biology aims to stop habitat loss and extinction of species.To achieve these goals there are several methods such as the establishment of natural reserves and national parks that in synthesis work as protected areas.However, the management of areas helmet with high conservation priorities can be a challenge to conservation biology and

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Resting-state brain network analysis and applied evaluation of global developmental delay in preterm infants: A functional near-infrared spectroscopic study

Global developmental delay (GDD) is a common neurodevelopmental disorder in children under 5 years of age.This study assessed the potential of functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) technology aiding diagnosis of GDD in premature infants and explored brain pathogenesis of GDD.This prospective cohort study was conducted between December 2020

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Ressurskrise og borgerkrig

In recent years one of the most prolific debates within Norwegian medieval history has been about the civil wars and state formation in the period 1130-1240 AD.While the historian Hans Jacob Orning argues that short-term external causes must be granted more importance in discussion of these shifts in power, the historian Sverre Bagge has posit an a

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