Potential Application of Garlic on Heavy Ion Radiotherapy
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Abstract
Garlic has beneficial effects to protect against many diseases. It can not only protect normal cells from lesion， but also prevent tumorigenesis， proliferation， adhesion， invasion and metastasis. In this paper， the mechanisms of these functions of garlic were summarized and compared with radioprotector and radiosensitizer. We presented that garlic has both radioprotective effect on normal cells and radiosensitive effect on tumor cells. By right of its superiority， garlic can improve biological effect in the therapy of heavy ion. Therefore， it has potential value in clinical practice. That is worth for us to explore whether garlic has radioprotective and radiosensitive effect or not.
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