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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
RHAMNOSE 0 Bulb Wealth of India.
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Bulb 0.5 3.0 -1.00 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Flower 0.6 5.2 -0.24 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Leaf 1.4 10.3 -0.13 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Root 0.6 1.6 -0.54 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Shoot 0.6 2.7 -1.53 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
RUTIN 87 Plant Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
S-(2-CARBOXY-PROPYL)-GLUTATHIONE 0 Bulb 90.0 255.0 1.00 *
S-1-PROPENYL-CYSTEINE 0 Bulb 0.0 20.0 *
S-ALLO-MERCAPTO-CYSTEINE 0 Bulb 2.0 *
S-ALLO-MERCAPTO-L-CYSTEINE 0 Bulb 2.0 *
S-ALLYL-CYSTEINE 0 Bulb 0.0 75.0 *
S-ALLYL-CYSTEINE-SULFOXIDE 5 Bulb *
S-ALLYL-CYSTEINE-SULPHOXIDE 0 Bulb *
S-ALLYL-CYSTEINE-SULPHOXIDE 0 Leaf *
S-ALLYL-CYSTEINE-SULPHOXIDE 0 Shoot *
S-ALLYL-CYSTEINE-SULPHOXIDE 0 Tissue Culture *
S-ALLYL-L-CYSTEINE 24 Bulb 10.0 *
S-ALLYLMERCAPTOCYSTEINE 11 Bulb 0.0 5.0 *
S-ETHYL-CYSTEINE-SULFOXIDE 0 Bulb *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Nodulation-Signal 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Occuloirritant 2 *
Ophthalmic-Antialkali 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 6 Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Osmoregulator 1 *
Osteogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Oviposition-Stimulant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ovulant 1 *
Oxidant 3 Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Oxytocic 1 Merck 11th Edition
P21-Inducer 1 *
P450-2B1-Inhibitor 1 *
P450-Inducer 1 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
P450-Inhibitor 1 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
PAF-Inhibitor 3 *
Papain-Inhibitor 1 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.
Parasiticide 1 Martindale's 29th
Parasympathomimetic 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Pemphigenic 2 My Rodale Press Green Farmacy Draft, miscellaneous abstracts.