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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEXA-1,5-DIENYL-TRISULFIDE | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEXADECANOL | 1 | Bulb | not available | 20.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEXOKINASE | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HISTIDINE | 7 | Bulb | 2.4 | 8300.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| INULIN | 19 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| IODINE | 12 | Bulb | 0.0 | 0.7 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| IONOL | 1 | Bulb | not available | 950.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Bulb | 8.0 | 129.0 | 0.63 | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Flower | 9.0 | 78.0 | -0.59 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| IRON | 6 | Leaf | 6.0 | 44.0 | -0.81 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| IRON | 6 | Root | 1.0 | 3.0 | -0.44 | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Shoot | 17.0 | 76.0 | -0.57 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| ISOALLIIN | 0 | Bulb | 200.0 | 3430.0 | 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. |
| ISOBUTYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE | 0 | Bulb | 0.1 | 25.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOERUBOSIDE-B | 0 | Bulb | not available | 5.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOLEUCINE | 3 | Bulb | 0.5 | 5208.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOLEUCINE | 3 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| JASMONIC-ACID | 0 | 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. |
| KAEMPFEROL | 75 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Bulb | 1170.0 | 3630.0 | -1.00 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Cytostatic | 1 | Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp. |
| Cytotoxic | 8 | Planta Medica, 57: A113, 1991. |
| Decalcifier | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Deiodinase-Inhibitor | 2 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Demulcent | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Deodorant | 2 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Depressant | 1 | Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp. |
| Dermal | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Dermatitigenic | 3 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Detoxicant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Detoxicant (Alcohol) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Diagnostic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Diaphoretic? | 3 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90. |
| Differentiator | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Diuretic | 14 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| DNA-Active | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| DNA-Protective | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Dye | 3 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Elastase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Embryotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |