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Plant Allium sativum var. sativum (Liliaceae)

Common Names
Garlic
How this plant is used
Food

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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
TIN 4 Bulb not available 6.0 not available Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
TIN 4 Root 2.2 6.0 -1.07 Duke, 1992 *
TOCOPHEROLS 0 Bulb 2.0 5.0 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.
TRANS-1-PROPENYL-ALLYL-THIOSULFINATE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-1-PROPENYL-METHYL-DISULFIDE 0 Bulb not available 0.9 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-1-PROPENYL-METHYL-THIOSULFINATE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-AJOENE 1 Bulb not available 268.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-CIS-AJOENE 1 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-S-(PROPENYL-1-YL)-CYSTEINE-DISULFIDE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIGONELLINE 15 Bulb 100.0 890.0 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.
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Bulb 0.7 1584.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINASE 1 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE 8 Bulb 0.6 6200.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE 8 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
URANIUM 1 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VALINE 3 Bulb 0.8 6984.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
VALINE 3 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Bulb not available 6.0 -1.00 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.
VIT-U 0 Plant 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
Antiophthalmic 2 Martindale's 28th
Antiorchitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiosteoarthritic 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic 9 Duke, 1992 *
Antiosteoporotic? 2 Martindale's 29th
Antiotitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiototic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antioxidant 54 Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Antioxidant? 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiozenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipancreatitic 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antipapillomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiparkinsonian 8 Duke, 1992 *
Antiparotitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipellagric 3 Martindale's 28th
Antiperiodic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontal 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiperiodontic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontitic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiperistaltic 2 Duke, 1992 *