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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Allium sativum var. sativum (Liliaceae)

Common Names
Garlic
How this plant is used
Food

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
PROSTAGLANDIN-E-2 3 Bulb *
PROSTAGLANDIN-F 0 Bulb Pobozsny, K., Tetenyi, P., Hethelyi, I., Kocsar, L., Mann, V. 1979. Biologically Active Substances: Investigations into the Prostaglandin Content of Allium Species. I. Herba Hung, 18(2): 71-81.
PROSTAGLANDIN-F-1-ALPHA 0 Bulb *
PROSTAGLANDIN-F-2-ALPHA 0 Bulb *
PROTEIN 0 Bulb 35000.0 179000.0 1.00 *
PROTEIN 0 Flower 14000.0 121000.0 -0.25 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 26000.0 191000.0 -0.21 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PROTEIN 0 Root 66230.0 179000.0 0.68 *
PROTEIN 0 Shoot 12000.0 54000.0 -1.41 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PROTODEGALACTOTIGONIN 0 Bulb 10.0 *
PROTODEGALACTOTIGONIN 0 Root 200.0 *
PROTODESGALACTOTIGONIN 0 Bulb 10.0 *
PROTOERUBOSIDE-B 0 Bulb 100.0 285.0 *
PROTOISOERUBOSIDE-B 0 Bulb 4.2 *
PSEUDOSCORIDININE-A 0 Bulb *
PSEUDOSCORIDININE-B 0 Bulb *
QUERCETIN 176 Bulb 0.1 200.0 -1.00 *
QUERCETIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 2 Plant Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
RAFFINOSE 1 Bulb *
RAFFINOSE 1 Leaf Osman, S. A. 1980. Chemical and Biological Studies of Onion and Garlic in an Attempt to Isolate a Hypoclycaemic Extract. Abstr. 4th Asian Symp. Med. Plants Spices Bangkok, Thailand, September 15-19: 117.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 9 *
Allelochemic 4 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic 3 Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic 12 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 *
Amebicide 2 *
Amphiglycemic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic 13 *
Androgenic 2 *
Androgenic? 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic 1 *
Anesthetic 1 *
Angiogenic 1 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 *
Anorexic 2 Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacetylcholinesterase 1 *
Antiacid 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacne 7 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th