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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Allium sativum var. sativum (Liliaceae)

Common Names
Garlic
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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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 *
(E)-1,2-PROPENE-1-SULFINOTHIOCIC-ACID-S-METHYL-ESTER 0 Bulb *
(E)-2-PROPENYL-1-PROPENYL-DISULFIDE 0 Bulb *
(Z)-2-PROPENYL-1-PROPENYL-DISULFIDE 0 Bulb *
1,2,3-TRI-THI-4-ENE 0 Bulb *
1,2,3-TRI-THI-4-ENE 0 Essential Oil *
1,2-(PROP-2-ENYL)-DISULFANE 0 Bulb *
1,2-DIMERCAPTOCYCLOPENTANE 0 Bulb 2.4 *
1,2-EPITHIOPROPANE 0 Bulb 0.1 1.7 *
1,3-DITHIANE 0 Bulb 0.1 3.0 *
1-HEXANOL 0 Bulb 0.2 *
1-METHYL-1,2-(PROP-2-ENYL)-DISULFANE 0 Bulb *
1-METHYL-2-(PROP-2-ENYL)-DISULFANE 0 Bulb *
1-METHYL-3-(PROP-2-ENYL)-TRISULFANE 0 Bulb *
1-PROPENYL-ALLYL-THIOSULFINATE 0 Bulb *
2,3,4-TRITHIAPENTANE 0 Bulb *
2,5-DIMETHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Bulb *
2,5-DIMETHYL-TETRAHYDROTHIOPHENE 0 Bulb 0.6 *
2,5-DIMETHYLTHIOPHENE 0 Bulb 138.0 *
2,6-DIMETHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Bulb *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiglutamaergic 1 *
Antiglycosuric 1 *
Antigoiter 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antigonadotrophic 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigonadotropic 3 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antigout 1 *
Antigranular 1 *
Antigrey 1 Martindale's 29th
AntiGTF 1 *
Antihalitosic 1 *
Antihangover 5 *
Antiheartburn 2 *
Antihelicobacter 1 *
Antihematuric 1 *
Antihemolytic 3 Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihemorrhagic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihemorrhoidal 1 *
Antihepatitic 3 Martindale's 29th
Antihepatoadenomic 1 *
Antihepatomic 1 *