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Plant Allium sativum var. sativum (Liliaceae)

Common Names
Garlic
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(-)-N-(1'-DEOXY-1'-D-FRUCTOPYRANOSYL)-S-ALLYL-L-CYSTEINE-SULFOXIDE 1 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(E)-1,2-PROPENE-1-SULFINOTHIOCIC-ACID-S-METHYL-ESTER 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(E)-2-PROPENYL-1-PROPENYL-DISULFIDE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(Z)-2-PROPENYL-1-PROPENYL-DISULFIDE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1,2,3-TRI-THI-4-ENE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1,2,3-TRI-THI-4-ENE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1,2-(PROP-2-ENYL)-DISULFANE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1,2-DIMERCAPTOCYCLOPENTANE 0 Bulb not available 2.4 not available Duke, 1992 *
1,2-EPITHIOPROPANE 0 Bulb 0.1 1.7 not available Duke, 1992 *
1,3-DITHIANE 0 Bulb 0.1 3.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
1-HEXANOL 0 Bulb not available 0.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
1-METHYL-1,2-(PROP-2-ENYL)-DISULFANE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1-METHYL-2-(PROP-2-ENYL)-DISULFANE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1-METHYL-3-(PROP-2-ENYL)-TRISULFANE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1-PROPENYL-ALLYL-THIOSULFINATE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2,3,4-TRITHIAPENTANE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2,5-DIMETHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2,5-DIMETHYL-TETRAHYDROTHIOPHENE 0 Bulb not available 0.6 not available Duke, 1992 *
2,5-DIMETHYLTHIOPHENE 0 Bulb not available 138.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2,6-DIMETHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 5 Duke, 1992 *
5-HETE-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient 2 Duke, 1992 *
Absorbent 1 Martindale's 29th
Acantholytic 2 My Rodale Press Green Farmacy Draft, miscellaneous abstracts.
Acaricide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Acarifuge 1 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Acnegenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Addictive 1 Science News, 145: 294.
Additive 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adjuvant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Aggregant 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Alcohol-Dehydrogenase-Inhibitor 2 LAWSON in Koch, H. P. and Lawson, L. D., eds. 1996. Garlic- The
Science and therapeutic application of Allium sativum L. and related species. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore. 329 pp.
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *