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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Allium sativum var. sativum (Liliaceae)

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
SUCROSE 14 Bulb 70000.0 -1.00 *
SUCROSE 14 Leaf 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.
SUGARS 0 Root 51800.0 140000.0 0.35 *
SULFIDES 0 Bulb *
SULFOLIPIDS 0 Bulb 0.0 29.0 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.
SULFUR 14 Bulb 2300.0 10570.0 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.
TAURINE 6 Bulb 0.2 *
TAURINE 6 Plant Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
TELLURIUM 0 Bulb 0.0 0.8 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.
TETRAHYDRO-2,5-DIMETHYLTHIOPHENE 0 Bulb 40.0 *
THIAMACORNINE 0 Bulb *
THIAMAMIDINE 0 Bulb *
THIAMIN 31 Bulb 0.0 8.0 1.00 *
THIAMIN 31 Flower 1.1 9.5 1.23 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
THIAMIN 31 Leaf 1.1 8.1 -0.04 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
THIAMIN 31 Shoot 1.4 6.3 -0.64 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
THIAMINE 0 Root 2.0 5.0 0.15 *
THIOSULFINATES 0 Bulb 3500.0 11800.0 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.
THREONINE 4 Bulb 2.0 10000.0 1.00 *
THREONINE 4 Leaf *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
ICAM-1-Inhibitor 2 *
IKK-Inhibitor 1 *
Ileorelaxant 1 *
Immunomodulator 12 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant 15 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Immunosuppressant 3 *
Inflammatory 1 *
iNOS-Inhibitor 3 *
Inotropic 3 *
Insecticide 5 *
Insectifuge 11 Tunon, H., Thorsell, W., and Bohlin, L. 1993. Mosquito Repelling Activity of Compounds Occurring in Achillea millefolium L. (Asteraceae). Economic Botany 48(2): 111-120, 1994.
Insectiphile 5 Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
Insulin-Sparing 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Insulinase-Inhibitor 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Insulinic 1 *
Insulinogenic 5 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Insulinotonic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Interferon-Synergist 1 *
Interferonogenic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor 1 *