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Plant Allium sativum var. sativum (Liliaceae)

Common Names
Garlic
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
DEOXYALLIIN 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DESGALACTOTIGONIN 1 Root not available 400.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DESOXYRIBONUCLEASE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DI-1-PROPENYL-TRISULFIDE 0 Bulb not available 139.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DI-PROP-2-ENYL-SULFANE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DI-PROP-2-ENYL-TRISULFIDE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIALLYL-DISULFIDE 26 Bud not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIALLYL-DISULFIDE 26 Bulb 16.0 634.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DIALLYL-DISULFIDE 26 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIALLYL-DISULFIDE 26 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Deruaz, D., et. al. 1994. Analytical Strategy by Coupling Headspace Gas Chromatography, Atomic Emission Spectrometric Detection and Mass Spectrometry Application to Sulfur Compounds from Garlic. J. Chromatogr., 677(2): 345-354.
DIALLYL-HEPTASULFIDE 1 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIALLYL-HEXASULFIDE 1 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIALLYL-MONOSULFIDE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIALLYL-PENTASULFIDE 2 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIALLYL-SULFIDE 25 Bulb 2.0 99.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DIALLYL-SULFIDE 25 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIALLYL-SULFIDE 25 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Deruaz, D., et. al. 1994. Analytical Strategy by Coupling Headspace Gas Chromatography, Atomic Emission Spectrometric Detection and Mass Spectrometry Application to Sulfur Compounds from Garlic. J. Chromatogr., 677(2): 345-354.
DIALLYL-TETRASULFIDE 5 Bulb not available 119.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DIALLYL-TRISULFIDE 28 Bud not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIALLYL-TRISULFIDE 28 Bulb not available 870.0 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
ICAM-1-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
IKK-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ileorelaxant 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Inflammatory 1 Duke, 1992 *
iNOS-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Inotropic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide 5 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Insulinogenic 5 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Insulinotonic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Interferon-Synergist 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *