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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
(-)-N-(1'-DEOXY-1'-D-FRUCTOPYRANOSYL)-S-ALLYL-L-CYSTEINE-SULFOXIDE 1 Bulb *
(E)-1,2-PROPENE-1-SULFINOTHIOCIC-ACID-S-METHYL-ESTER 0 Bulb *
(E)-2-PROPENYL-1-PROPENYL-DISULFIDE 0 Bulb *
(Z)-2-PROPENYL-1-PROPENYL-DISULFIDE 0 Bulb *
1,2,3-TRI-THI-4-ENE 0 Bulb *
1,2,3-TRI-THI-4-ENE 0 Essential Oil *
1,2-(PROP-2-ENYL)-DISULFANE 0 Bulb *
1,2-DIMERCAPTOCYCLOPENTANE 0 Bulb 2.4 *
1,2-EPITHIOPROPANE 0 Bulb 0.1 1.7 *
1,3-DITHIANE 0 Bulb 0.1 3.0 *
1-HEXANOL 0 Bulb 0.2 *
1-METHYL-1,2-(PROP-2-ENYL)-DISULFANE 0 Bulb *
1-METHYL-2-(PROP-2-ENYL)-DISULFANE 0 Bulb *
1-METHYL-3-(PROP-2-ENYL)-TRISULFANE 0 Bulb *
1-PROPENYL-ALLYL-THIOSULFINATE 0 Bulb *
2,3,4-TRITHIAPENTANE 0 Bulb *
2,5-DIMETHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Bulb *
2,5-DIMETHYL-TETRAHYDROTHIOPHENE 0 Bulb 0.6 *
2,5-DIMETHYLTHIOPHENE 0 Bulb 138.0 *
2,6-DIMETHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Bulb *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antispasmodic 16 *
Antispasmophilic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antistaphylococcic 11 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.
Antisteatotic 1 *
Antistomatitic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antistreptococcic 1 *
Antistress 5 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistroke 3 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
Antisunburn 3 *
Antisyndrome-X 6 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
Antitachycardic 1 Martindale's 29th
AntiTGF-beta 1 *
Antithiamin 2 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic 2 *
Antithrombogenic 1 *
Antithrombotic 3 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.
Antithyroid 5 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antithyrotoxic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitinnitic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.