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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
ALLITHIAMIN 25 Bulb 0.0 3.0 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.
ALLIUM-FRUCTAN 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLIUM-FRUCTAN-K-1 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLIUM-FRUCTAN-K-2 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLIUM-FRUCTAN-K-3 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLIUM-FRUCTAN-K-4 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLIUM-FRUCTAN-K-5 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLIUM-FRUCTAN-K-6 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLIUM-FRUCTAN-K-7 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLIUM-FRUCTAN-K-8 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLIUM-LECTIN-AS-1 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLIUM-LECTIN-AS-2 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLIUM-SATIVUM-D-GALACTAN 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLIUM-SATIVUM-LECTIN-ASA-I 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLIUM-SATIVUM-LECTIN-ASA-III 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLIUM-SATIVUM-PROTEASE-INHIBITOR-AS-1 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLIXIN 6 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLYL-1-PROPENYL-THIOSULFINATE 1 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLYL-1-PROPENYLTETRASULFIDE 0 Bulb not available 99.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLYL-1-PROPENYLTRISULFIDE 0 Bulb not available 119.0 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
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 *