Allicin enters the body from the digestive tract and travels all over the body, where it exerts its potent biological effects (which weâll get to in a bit). Bottom Line: Garlic is a plant in the onion family, grown for its cooking properties and health effects. It is high in a sulfur compound called Allicin, which is believed to bring most of the health benefits.
Other possible problems experienced by users of EPO include: 1  Rapid increases in blood pressure when the substance is introduced too quickly. 2  Convulsions. 3  Influenza-like symptoms, bone aches and shivering following injection. 4  Skin reactions, allergy-like swelling at the site of injection. 5  Liver or pancreatic damage.
Erythropoietin (EPO). Erythropoietin is a glycoprotein. It acts on the bone marrow to increase the production of red blood cells. Stimuli such as bleeding or moving to high altitudes (where oxygen is scarcer) trigger the release of EPO.People with failing kidneys can be kept alive by dialysis.alcitriol. 1  calciferol (vitamin D 3) which is synthesized in skin exposed to the ultraviolet rays of the sun. 2  precursors (vitamin D) ingested in the diet. 3  calciferol is converted in the liver into 25[OH] vitamin D 3. 4  this is carried to the kidneys (bound to a serum globulin) where it is converted into calcitriol.