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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
POTASSIUM 14 Root 4366.0 11800.0 -0.29 Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Shoot 2730.0 12242.0 -0.82 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PROLINE 0 Bulb 1.3 5800.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROP-2-ENYL-DISULFANE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROP-CIS-1-ENYL-ALLYL-DISULFIDE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROP-TRANS-1-ENYL-ALLYL-TRISULFIDE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROPENE 0 Bulb 0.0 6.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PROPENETHIOL 0 Bulb 1.0 41.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PROPENYL-METHYL-THIOSULFINATE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROPENYLALLIIN 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROPYL-ALLYL-DISULFIDE 0 Bulb not available 99.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PROPYL-ALLYL-TRISULFIDE 0 Bulb not available 119.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PROSTAGLANDIN-A 0 Bulb not available not available not available 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-A-1 2 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROSTAGLANDIN-A-2 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROSTAGLANDIN-B 0 Bulb not available not available not available 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-B-1 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROSTAGLANDIN-B-2 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROSTAGLANDIN-E-1 2 Bulb not available not available 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
Antileukemic 15 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukonychic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukoplakic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene-B4 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene-D4 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antilipemic 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antilipolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antilupus 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphocytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antilymphomic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antimaculitic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antimange 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimanic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastalgic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).