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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
PHENOLICS 0 Bulb 40.0 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.
PHENYLALANINE 7 Bulb 0.4 4392.0 1.00 *
PHLOROGLUCINOL 8 Plant Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
PHOSPHATIDIC-ACID 0 Bulb *
PHOSPHATIDYL-CHOLINE 2 Bulb *
PHOSPHATIDYL-ETHANOLAMINE 0 Bulb *
PHOSPHATIDYL-INOSITOL 0 Bulb *
PHOSPHATIDYL-SERINE 0 Bulb *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Bulb 880.0 5220.0 1.00 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Flower 460.0 3966.0 0.11 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 460.0 3382.0 -0.29 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Root 1650.0 4460.0 0.17 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Shoot 520.0 2332.0 -0.48 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PHYTIC-ACID 9 Bulb *
PHYTIC-ACID 9 Plant Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
PHYTIN 0 Bulb 790.0 2370.0 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.
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Bulb 18.0 80.0 -1.00 *
POLYSACCHARIDES 0 Bulb *
POTASSIUM 14 Bulb 3600.0 14830.0 -1.00 *
POTASSIUM 14 Leaf 3260.0 23971.0 -0.28 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Proliferant 1 *
Prooxidant 5 *
Propecic 5 *
Prostaglandigenic 4 *
Prostaglandin-Inhibitor 1 *
Prostaglandin-Sparer 1 Fujita, T., Nakatani, E., Funaishi, N., Sakuma, S., Fujimoto, Y. Potent inhibition of prostaglandin inactivation in rabbit gastric antral mucosal slices by selenium ions in-vitro. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 655-657, 1990.
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 5 *
Prostaglandin-Synthetase-Inhibitor 2 *
Prostatitigenic 1 *
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 3 Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14.
Protisticide 7 *
PTK-Inhibitor 2 *
Pyrogenic 2 Conradson, T. B. G., Dixon, C. M. S., Clarke, B., Barnes, P. J. 1987. Cardiovascular Effects of Infused Adenosine in Man: Potentiation by Dipyridamole. Acta Physiol Scand, 129(3): 387-391.
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 5 Uda, Y., Price, K. R., Williamson, G., Rhodes, M. J. C. 1997. Induction of the Anticarcinogenic Marker Enzyme, Quinone Reductase, in Murine Hepatoma Cells In Vitro by Flavonoids. Cancer Lett., 120 (2): 213-216.
Radioprotective 3 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.
Respiraparalytic 1 *
Respirastimulant 1 Martindale's 29th
Roborant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Scabicide 1 Martindale's 29th
Schizophrenigenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.