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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
DIALLYL-TRISULFIDE 28 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIGALACTOSYL-DIGLYCERIDE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIMETHYL-AJOENE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIMETHYL-DIFURAN 0 Bulb 5.0 30.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DIMETHYL-DISELENIDE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
DIMETHYL-DISULFIDE 2 Bulb 0.6 2.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
DIMETHYL-DISULFIDE 2 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIMETHYL-HEXASULFIDE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIMETHYL-PENTASULFIDE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIMETHYL-SELENIDE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
DIMETHYL-SULFIDE 2 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIMETHYL-SULFIDE 2 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIMETHYL-THIOSULFINATE 1 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIMETHYL-TRISULFIDE 0 Bulb 0.8 19.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DIMETHYL-TRISULFIDE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIMETHYL-TRISULFIDE 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Deruaz, D., et. al. 1994. Analytical Strategy by Coupling Headspace Gas Chromatography, Atomic Emission Spectrometric Detection and Mass Spectrometry Application to Sulfur Compounds from Garlic. J. Chromatogr., 677(2): 345-354.
DIMETHYLTETRASULFIDE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIPROP-2-ENYL-DISULFIDE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIPROPENYL-DISULFIDE 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Deruaz, D., et. al. 1994. Analytical Strategy by Coupling Headspace Gas Chromatography, Atomic Emission Spectrometric Detection and Mass Spectrometry Application to Sulfur Compounds from Garlic. J. Chromatogr., 677(2): 345-354.
DIPROPYLSULFIDE 0 Bulb not available 178.0 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
Antiglutamaergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglycosuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Antigranular 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigrey 1 Martindale's 29th
AntiGTF 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihalitosic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihangover 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antihelicobacter 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihematuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatitic 3 Martindale's 29th
Antihepatoadenomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatomic 1 Duke, 1992 *