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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
GAMMA-L-GLUTAMYL-S-PROPYL-L-CYSTEINE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL 35 Bulb not available not available not available Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
GERMANIUM 0 Bulb 0.0 0.3 not available Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLIN-A-3 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLIN-A-7 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GITONIN 0 Root not available 300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GITONIN-F 0 Root not available 300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE 7 Bulb not available 12000.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE 7 Leaf not available not available not available Osman, S. A. 1980. Chemical and Biological Studies of Onion and Garlic in an Attempt to Isolate a Hypoclycaemic Extract. Abstr. 4th Asian Symp. Med. Plants Spices Bangkok, Thailand, September 15-19: 117.
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Bulb 5.0 19320.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMINE 5 Bulb 0.0 2300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUTATHIONE 7 Bulb not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCEROL-SULFOQUINOVOSIDE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE 12 Bulb 2000.0 4800.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE 12 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GUANOSINE 0 Bulb 200.0 400.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GUANOSINE 0 Tuber not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GUANYLATE-CYCLASE-INHIBITOR 1 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.
HEPTADECANONE 0 Bulb not available 20.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiretinotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatic 8 Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatitic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antirhinitic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antisalmonella 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antisarcomic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antischizophrenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiscoliotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiscorbutic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiscotomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseborrheic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiseptic 24 Martindale's 28th
Antiserotonin 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antishigellic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antishingles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antishock 2 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antisickling 6 Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990.
Antisilicotic 1 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antisinusitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antispare-Tire 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95