Ankri S, Miron T, Rabinkov A, Wilchek M, Mirelman D
Department of Membrane Research and Biophysics, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1997 Oct;41(10):2286-8. doi: 10.1128/AAC.41.10.2286.
The ability of Entamoeba histolytica trophozoites to destroy monolayers of baby hamster kidney cells is inhibited by allicin, one of the active principles of garlic. Cysteine proteinases, an important contributor to amebic virulence, as well as alcohol dehydrogenase, are strongly inhibited by allicin.
大蒜的活性成分之一大蒜素可抑制溶组织内阿米巴滋养体破坏幼仓鼠肾细胞单层的能力。半胱氨酸蛋白酶是阿米巴毒力的重要促成因素,酒精脱氢酶也受到大蒜素的强烈抑制。