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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
2-METHYL-BENZALDEHYDE 0 Bulb 60.0 *
2-PROPEN-1-OL 0 Bulb 0.1 121.0 *
2-PROPENE-1-SULFINOTHIOCIC-ACIDS-2-PROPENYL-ESTER 1 Bulb *
2-PROPENYL-1-PROPENYL-DISULFIDE 0 Essential Oil *
2-PROPENYL-L-CYSTEINE-SULFOXIDE 0 Bulb *
2-PROPENYL-TETRASULFIDE 0 Essential Oil *
2-VINYL-1,3-DITHIIN 0 Fruit Juice 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.
2-VINYL-1,3-DITHIINE 0 Bulb *
2-VINYL-4H-1,3-DITHIIN 4 Bulb 2.0 158.0 *
2-VINYL-4H-2,3-DITHIIN 0 Bulb *
2-VINYL-DI-1,3-THIENE 0 Bulb *
24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTENOL 0 Plant Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
3,5-DIETHYL-1,2,4-TRITHIOLANE 0 Bulb 0.2 43.0 *
3-ETHYL-2,5-DIMETHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Bulb *
3-METHYL-2-CYCLOPENTENE-1-THIONE 0 Bulb 0.2 1.6 *
3-VINYL-1,2-DITHIACYCLOHEX-4-ENE 0 Bulb *
3-VINYL-1,2-DITHIACYCLOHEX-5-ENE 0 Bulb *
3-VINYL-1,2-DITHIIN 0 Fruit Juice 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.
3-VINYL-1,2-DITHIINE 0 Bulb *
3-VINYL-4H-1,2-DITHIIN 0 Bulb 0.3 178.0 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Percutaneostimulant 1 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfumery 10 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Peristaltic 1 *
Pesticide 50 *
PGE2-Inhibitor 1 *
Phagocytotic 5 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Phospholipase-Inhibitor 1 *
Phytoalexin 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Piscicide 1 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Pituitary-Stimulant 1 *
PKC-Inhibitor 1 *
Plasmodicide 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor 2 *
Poultice 1 Martindale's 29th
Prebiotic 1 *
Preservative 2 Merck 11th Edition
Probiotic 1 *
Probiotigenic 1 *
Progestational 1 *
Prolactinogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).