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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.
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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 not available 60.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2-PROPEN-1-OL 0 Bulb 0.1 121.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2-PROPENE-1-SULFINOTHIOCIC-ACIDS-2-PROPENYL-ESTER 1 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-PROPENYL-1-PROPENYL-DISULFIDE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-PROPENYL-L-CYSTEINE-SULFOXIDE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-PROPENYL-TETRASULFIDE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-VINYL-1,3-DITHIIN 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available 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 not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-VINYL-4H-1,3-DITHIIN 4 Bulb 2.0 158.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2-VINYL-4H-2,3-DITHIIN 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-VINYL-DI-1,3-THIENE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTENOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
3,5-DIETHYL-1,2,4-TRITHIOLANE 0 Bulb 0.2 43.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
3-ETHYL-2,5-DIMETHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYL-2-CYCLOPENTENE-1-THIONE 0 Bulb 0.2 1.6 not available Duke, 1992 *
3-VINYL-1,2-DITHIACYCLOHEX-4-ENE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-VINYL-1,2-DITHIACYCLOHEX-5-ENE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-VINYL-1,2-DITHIIN 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available 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 not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-VINYL-4H-1,2-DITHIIN 0 Bulb 0.3 178.0 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
Urinary-Acidulant 1 Martindale's 29th
Urine-Acidifier 1 Martindale's 28th
Urine-Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th
Uterorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Uterosedative 1 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Uterotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Uterotrophic 2 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.
Vasodilator 15 Duke, 1992 *
Vasopressor 2 Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
Vibriocide 1 Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Vulnerary 6 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 4 Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 1772.