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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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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(-)-N-(1'-DEOXY-1'-D-FRUCTOPYRANOSYL)-S-ALLYL-L-CYSTEINE-SULFOXIDE 1 Bulb *
(E)-1,2-PROPENE-1-SULFINOTHIOCIC-ACID-S-METHYL-ESTER 0 Bulb *
(E)-2-PROPENYL-1-PROPENYL-DISULFIDE 0 Bulb *
(Z)-2-PROPENYL-1-PROPENYL-DISULFIDE 0 Bulb *
1,2,3-TRI-THI-4-ENE 0 Bulb *
1,2,3-TRI-THI-4-ENE 0 Essential Oil *
1,2-(PROP-2-ENYL)-DISULFANE 0 Bulb *
1,2-DIMERCAPTOCYCLOPENTANE 0 Bulb 2.4 *
1,2-EPITHIOPROPANE 0 Bulb 0.1 1.7 *
1,3-DITHIANE 0 Bulb 0.1 3.0 *
1-HEXANOL 0 Bulb 0.2 *
1-METHYL-1,2-(PROP-2-ENYL)-DISULFANE 0 Bulb *
1-METHYL-2-(PROP-2-ENYL)-DISULFANE 0 Bulb *
1-METHYL-3-(PROP-2-ENYL)-TRISULFANE 0 Bulb *
1-PROPENYL-ALLYL-THIOSULFINATE 0 Bulb *
2,3,4-TRITHIAPENTANE 0 Bulb *
2,5-DIMETHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Bulb *
2,5-DIMETHYL-TETRAHYDROTHIOPHENE 0 Bulb 0.6 *
2,5-DIMETHYLTHIOPHENE 0 Bulb 138.0 *
2,6-DIMETHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Bulb *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Tineacide 2 Martindale's 29th
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 3 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 4 Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 5 *
Tranquilizer 2 *
Tremorigenic 1 Martindale's 28th
Trichomonicide 5 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Triglycerigenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Triglycerolytic 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.
Trypanocide 2 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.
Trypanosomastat 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.
Tumor-Promoter 3 *
Tumorigenic 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 5 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Ubiquiot 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 2 *
Urease-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.
Uricogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Uricosuric 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.