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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Allium sativum

Common Name
Thum; Suan; Hsiao Suan; Sarimsak; Ail; Sir; Ajo; Garlic; Lai; Ail De Cuisine; Samersaq; Lasan; Cropleek; Bawang Poetih; Rosina; Bawang puteh

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Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Expectorant Elsewhere *
Expectorant Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Fever Egypt Tackholm, Vivi and Gunnar. 1973 (reprint). Flora of Egypt. Vol. 1-4. Originally published in Foriad I Univ. Bulletin of the Faculty of Science, vol. 17, Cairo, 1941.
Fever South America Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Fever India *
Fever Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Flatulence Elsewhere *
Gangrene Elsewhere *
Hematuria China Leung, Albert Y. 1980. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients. John Wiley and Sons, N.Y.
Hepatitis China Leung, Albert Y. 1980. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients. John Wiley and Sons, N.Y.
Hypertension Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Hypertension China Leung, Albert Y. 1980. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients. John Wiley and Sons, N.Y.
Hypertension Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Hypertension Trinidad *
Hypertension Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Hypertensive Elsewhere *
Hypertensive Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Hypotensive Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Hysteria China Leung, Albert Y. 1980. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients. John Wiley and Sons, N.Y.
Hysteria Elsewhere *