Guest guest Posted June 22, 2003 Report Share Posted June 22, 2003 > Heinz bodies are a blood problem that lead to anemia and can be life >threatening. In dogs and cat they can be caused by onions and garlic. Cats are >particularly susceptible. Here are some of the pages, excerpts and links. There >is more at the individual sites. One should also be concerned about the detrimental effect on gut flora IMO: 1: Folia Microbiol (Praha) 1984;29(4):348-52 Related Articles, Links A comparative study of raw garlic extract and tetracycline on caecal microflora and serum proteins of albino rats. Shashikanth KN, Basappa SC, Sreenivasa Murthy V. Studies conducted on the comparative action of raw garlic extract and tetracycline hydrochloride on equal concentrations showed the raw garlic extract to be a more potent antimicrobial agent than tetracycline. The reversion to normalcy of caecal microflora and serum proteins after the withdrawal of test materials indicated an inverse relation between intestinal microflora and serum globulins. PMID: 6479758 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 1: Appl Environ Microbiol 2001 Jan;67(1):475-80 Related Articles, Links Antimicrobial properties of garlic oil against human enteric bacteria: evaluation of methodologies and comparisons with garlic oil sulfides and garlic powder. Ross ZM, O'Gara EA, Hill DJ, Sleightholme HV, Maslin DJ. St. George's University, St. George's, Grenada, West Indies, United Kingdom. The antimicrobial effects of aqueous garlic extracts are well established but those of garlic oil (GO) are little known. Methodologies for estimating the antimicrobial activity of GO were assessed and GO, GO sulfide constituents, and garlic powder (GP) were compared in tests against human enteric bacteria. Test methodologies were identified as capable of producing underestimates of GO activity. Antimicrobial activity was greater in media lacking tryptone or cysteine, suggesting that, as for allicin, GO effects may involve sulfhydryl reactivity. All bacteria tested, which included both gram-negative and -positive bacteria and pathogenic forms, were susceptible to garlic materials. (snip) PMID: 6366484 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Antimicrobial properties of allicin from garlic. Ankri S, Mirelman D. Department of Biological Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel. Allicin, one of the active principles of freshly crushed garlic homogenates, has a variety of antimicrobial activities. Allicin in its pure form was found to exhibit i) antibacterial activity against a wide range of Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria, including multidrug-resistant enterotoxicogenic strains of Escherichia coli; ii) antifungal activity, particularly against Candida albicans; iii) antiparasitic activity, including some major human intestinal protozoan parasites such as Entamoeba histolytica and Giardia lamblia; and iv) antiviral activity. The main antimicrobial effect of allicin is due to its chemical reaction with thiol groups of various enzymes, e.g. alcohol dehydrogenase, thioredoxin reductase, and RNA polymerase, which can affect essential metabolism of cysteine proteinase activity involved in the virulence of E. histolytica. PMID: 10594976 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 1: Int J Antimicrob Agents 1999 Aug;12(3):257-62 Related Articles, Links Antimicrobial activity of spices. Arora DS, Kaur J. Department of Microbiology, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India. Spices have been shown to possess medicinal value, in particular, antimicrobial activity. This study compares the sensitivity of some human pathogenic bacteria and yeasts to various spice extracts and commonly employed chemotherapeutic substances. Of the different spices tested only garlic and clove were found to possess antimicrobial activity. The bactericidal effect of garlic extract was apparent within 1 h of incubation and 93% killing of Staphylococcus epidermidis and Salmonella typhi was achieved within 3 h. Yeasts were totally killed in 1 h by garlic extract but in 5 h with clove. Some bacteria showing resistance to certain antibiotics were sensitive to extracts of both garlic and clove. Greater anti-candidal activity was shown by garlic than by nystatin. Spices might have a great potential to be used as antimicrobial agents. PMID: 10461845 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Jackie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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