Table 3

Inhibition of Platelet aggregation (PA) in human:

References
Preparations
Duration
Effect

Bordia, 1978 [72]
Garlic
In-vitro
Dose-dependent Platelet aggregation
Vanderhock et al., 1980 [73]
Garlic oil
In vitro
Inhibit PA
Boullin, 1981 [80]
Fresh garlic
Single Dose
Inhibit PA
Ariga et al., 1981 [85]
Methyl allyl trisulfide
In vitro
Inhibit PA
Arora and Arora, 1981 [54]
Ether extract of garlic
Single Dose
Increased coagulation time
Bordia et al., 1982 [51]
Ether extract of garlic
3 weeks
Inhibit PA
Samson, 1982 [76]
Essential garlic oil
10 days
No PA activity
Apitz-Castro et al., 1983 [74]
Garlic extract and 3 pure component
In vitro
Inhibit PA
Block et al., 1984 [86]
Ajoene
In vitro
Inhibit PA
Srivastava, 1984 [61]
Aqueous extract of garlic
In vitro
Inhibit PA
Srivastava, 1986 [75]
Aqueous extract of garlic
In vitro
Inhibit PA
Harenberg et al., 1988 [77]
Dried garlic powder
4 weeks
No PA activity
Kiesewetter et al., 1991 [78]
Garlic powder
4 weeks
Inhibit PA
Kiesewetter et al., 1993 [87]
Garlic powder
4 weeks
Inhibit PA
Legnani et al., 1993 [56]
Garlic powder
Single Dose and 14 days
Inhibit PA
Morris et al., 1995 [88]
Oil extract (equivalent to 15 gm of raw garlic)
In-vitro and in-vivo (5 days)
Inhibit PA in in-vitro No in-vivo PA activity
Bordia et al., 1998 [57]
Ethyl acetate extract of garlic
In-vitro study
Inhibit PA
Sreiner and Lin, 1998 [79]
Aged garlic extract
10 months
Inhibit PA
Rahman and Billington, 2000 [28]
Aged garlic extract
13 weeks
Inhibit PA
Steiner and Li, 2001 [89]
Aged garlic extract
6 weeks
Dose dependent inhibition of PA

Banerjee and Maulik Nutrition Journal 2002 1:4   doi:10.1186/1475-2891-1-4