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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
GAMMA-GLUTAMYL-S-METHYL-CYSTEINE 0 Bulb 100.0 1145.0 *
GAMMA-GLUTAMYL-S-METHYLCYSTEINE-SULFOXIDE 0 Bulb 0.0 *
GAMMA-GLUTAMYL-S-PROPYL-CYSTEINE 0 Bulb *
GAMMA-GLUTAMYL-S-TRANS-1-PROPENYLCYSTEINE 0 Bulb 3000.0 25715.0 *
GAMMA-GLUTAMYL-S-TRANS-1-PROPENYLCYSTEINE-SULFOXIDE 0 Bulb 0.0 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.
GAMMA-L-GLUTAMYL-5-ALLYL-CYSTEINE 0 Bulb 736.0 *
GAMMA-L-GLUTAMYL-CYSTEINES 0 Bulb 5000.0 45715.0 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.
GAMMA-L-GLUTAMYL-ISOLEUCINE 0 Bulb *
GAMMA-L-GLUTAMYL-L-LEUCINE 0 Bulb *
GAMMA-L-GLUTAMYL-L-PHENYLALANINE 0 Bulb 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.
GAMMA-L-GLUTAMYL-L-VALINE 0 Plant *
GAMMA-L-GLUTAMYL-METHIONINE 0 Bulb *
GAMMA-L-GLUTAMYL-PHENYLALANINE 0 Bulb 63.2 *
GAMMA-L-GLUTAMYL-S-(2-CARBOXY-1-PROPYL)-CYSTEINEGLYCINE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
GAMMA-L-GLUTAMYL-S-(TRANS-1-PROPENYL)-CYSTEINE 0 Bulb 224.0 *
GAMMA-L-GLUTAMYL-S-ALLYL-CYSTEINE 0 Bulb 0.0 *
GAMMA-L-GLUTAMYL-S-ALLYL-L-CYSTEINE 0 Bulb *
GAMMA-L-GLUTAMYL-S-ALLYL-MERCAPTO-CYSTEINE 0 Bulb *
GAMMA-L-GLUTAMYL-S-BETA-CARBOXY-BETA-METHYL-ETHYL-CYSTEINYL-GLYCINE 0 Bulb *
GAMMA-L-GLUTAMYL-S-METHYL-L-CYSTEINE-SULFOXIDE 0 Bulb *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antihepatotic 2 Merck 11th Edition
Antihepatotoxic 14 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.
Antiherpetic 15 *
Antiherpetic? 1 *
Antihiccup 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihistaminic 12 *
AntiHIV 12 *
Antihomocysteine 1 *
Antihomocystinuric 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihydrophobic 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihyperactivity 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihyperammonemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihypercholesterolemic 4 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperglycemic 1 Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Antihyperkeratotic 1 *
Antihyperkinetic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihyperlipidemic 1 *
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihypertensive 13 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihyperthyroid 2 *