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Common Names
Garlic
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEXA-1,5-DIENYL-TRISULFIDE | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEXADECANOL | 1 | Bulb | not available | 20.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEXOKINASE | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HISTIDINE | 7 | Bulb | 2.4 | 8300.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| INULIN | 19 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| IODINE | 12 | Bulb | 0.0 | 0.7 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| IONOL | 1 | Bulb | not available | 950.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Bulb | 8.0 | 129.0 | 0.63 | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Flower | 9.0 | 78.0 | -0.59 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| IRON | 6 | Leaf | 6.0 | 44.0 | -0.81 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| IRON | 6 | Root | 1.0 | 3.0 | -0.44 | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Shoot | 17.0 | 76.0 | -0.57 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| ISOALLIIN | 0 | Bulb | 200.0 | 3430.0 | not available | 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. |
| ISOBUTYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE | 0 | Bulb | 0.1 | 25.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOERUBOSIDE-B | 0 | Bulb | not available | 5.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOLEUCINE | 3 | Bulb | 0.5 | 5208.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOLEUCINE | 3 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| JASMONIC-ACID | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | 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. |
| KAEMPFEROL | 75 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Bulb | 1170.0 | 3630.0 | -1.00 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| 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 * |