Drug General Information (ID: DDI0IJTYXB)
  Drug Name Amlodipine Drug Info Garlic Drug Info
  Drug Type Small molecule Natural product
  Therapeutic Class Antihypertensive Agents Herbal Products

 Mechanism of Amlodipine-Garlic Interaction (Severity Level: Minor)
     Additive hypotensive effects Click to Show/Hide Mechanism Graph
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      Drug Name Amlodipine Garlic
      Mechanism 1 Antihypertensive agent
Voltage-gated calcium channel  Blocker
Antihypertensive agent
      Key Mechanism Factor 1
Factor Name Voltage-dependent L-type calcium channel Structure Sequence
Protein Family Calcium channel beta subunit family
Protein Function
Regulatory subunit of L-type calcium channels (PubMed:1309651, PubMed:8107964, PubMed:15615847). Regulates the activity of L-type calcium channels that contain CACNA1A as pore-forming subunit (By similarity). Regulates the activity of L-type calcium channels that contain CACNA1C as pore-forming subunit and increases the presence of the channel complex at the cell membrane (PubMed:15615847). Required for functional expression L-type calcium channels that contain CACNA1D as pore-forming subunit (PubMed:1309651). Regulates the activity of L-type calcium channels that contain CACNA1B as pore-forming subunit (PubMed:8107964).
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      Mechanism Description
  • Additive hypotensive effects by the combination of Amlodipine and Garlic 
      Mechanism 2 Antihypertensive agent
Voltage-gated calcium channel  Blocker
Hypotensive effects
      Key Mechanism Factor 2
Factor Name Voltage-dependent L-type calcium channel Structure Sequence
Protein Family Calcium channel beta subunit family
Protein Function
Regulatory subunit of L-type calcium channels (PubMed:1309651, PubMed:8107964, PubMed:15615847). Regulates the activity of L-type calcium channels that contain CACNA1A as pore-forming subunit (By similarity). Regulates the activity of L-type calcium channels that contain CACNA1C as pore-forming subunit and increases the presence of the channel complex at the cell membrane (PubMed:15615847). Required for functional expression L-type calcium channels that contain CACNA1D as pore-forming subunit (PubMed:1309651). Regulates the activity of L-type calcium channels that contain CACNA1B as pore-forming subunit (PubMed:8107964).
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      Mechanism Description
  • Additive hypotensive effects by the combination of Amlodipine and Garlic 

References
1 Tattelman E "Health effects of garlic." Am Fam Physician 72 (2005): 103-6
2 Richard CL, Jurgens TM "Effects of natural health products on blood pressure." Ann Pharmacother 39 (2005): 712-20