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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
ALLITHIAMIN 25 Bulb 0.0 3.0 not available 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.
ALLIUM-FRUCTAN 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLIUM-FRUCTAN-K-1 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLIUM-FRUCTAN-K-2 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLIUM-FRUCTAN-K-3 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLIUM-FRUCTAN-K-4 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLIUM-FRUCTAN-K-5 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLIUM-FRUCTAN-K-6 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLIUM-FRUCTAN-K-7 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLIUM-FRUCTAN-K-8 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLIUM-LECTIN-AS-1 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLIUM-LECTIN-AS-2 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLIUM-SATIVUM-D-GALACTAN 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLIUM-SATIVUM-LECTIN-ASA-I 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLIUM-SATIVUM-LECTIN-ASA-III 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLIUM-SATIVUM-PROTEASE-INHIBITOR-AS-1 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLIXIN 6 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLYL-1-PROPENYL-THIOSULFINATE 1 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLYL-1-PROPENYLTETRASULFIDE 0 Bulb not available 99.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLYL-1-PROPENYLTRISULFIDE 0 Bulb not available 119.0 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
Proliferant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Prooxidant 5 Duke, 1992 *
Propecic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandigenic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Synthetase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Prostatitigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
PTK-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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.