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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 Allium sativum var. sativum (Liliaceae)

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Common name(s)
Garlic
How used
Food

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
1 (-)-N-(1'-DEOXY-1'-D-FRUCTOPYRANOSYL)-S-ALLYL-L-CYSTEINE-SULFOXIDE Bulb -- -- -- *
0 (E)-1,2-PROPENE-1-SULFINOTHIOCIC-ACID-S-METHYL-ESTER Bulb -- -- -- *
0 (E)-2-PROPENYL-1-PROPENYL-DISULFIDE Bulb -- -- -- *
0 (Z)-2-PROPENYL-1-PROPENYL-DISULFIDE Bulb -- -- -- *
0 1,2,3-TRI-THI-4-ENE Essential Oil -- -- -- *
0 1,2,3-TRI-THI-4-ENE Bulb -- -- -- *
0 1,2-(PROP-2-ENYL)-DISULFANE Bulb -- -- -- *
0 1,2-DIMERCAPTOCYCLOPENTANE Bulb -- 2.4 -- *
0 1,2-EPITHIOPROPANE Bulb 0.1 1.7 -- *
0 1,3-DITHIANE Bulb 0.1 3.0 -- *
0 1-HEXANOL Bulb -- 0.2 -- *
0 1-METHYL-1,2-(PROP-2-ENYL)-DISULFANE Bulb -- -- -- *
0 1-METHYL-2-(PROP-2-ENYL)-DISULFANE Bulb -- -- -- *
0 1-METHYL-3-(PROP-2-ENYL)-TRISULFANE Bulb -- -- -- *
0 1-PROPENYL-ALLYL-THIOSULFINATE Bulb -- -- -- *
0 2,3,4-TRITHIAPENTANE Bulb -- -- -- *
0 2,5-DIMETHYL-PYRAZINE Bulb -- -- -- *
0 2,5-DIMETHYL-TETRAHYDROTHIOPHENE Bulb -- 0.6 -- *
0 2,5-DIMETHYLTHIOPHENE Bulb -- 138.0 -- *
0 2,6-DIMETHYL-PYRAZINE Bulb -- -- -- *
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*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.