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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEXA-1,5-DIENYL-TRISULFIDE | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEXADECANOL | 1 | Bulb | not available | 20.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEXOKINASE | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HISTIDINE | 7 | Bulb | 2.4 | 8300.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| INULIN | 19 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| IODINE | 12 | Bulb | 0.0 | 0.7 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| IONOL | 1 | Bulb | not available | 950.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Bulb | 8.0 | 129.0 | 0.63 | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Flower | 9.0 | 78.0 | -0.59 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| IRON | 6 | Leaf | 6.0 | 44.0 | -0.81 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| IRON | 6 | Root | 1.0 | 3.0 | -0.44 | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Shoot | 17.0 | 76.0 | -0.57 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| ISOALLIIN | 0 | Bulb | 200.0 | 3430.0 | 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. |
| ISOBUTYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE | 0 | Bulb | 0.1 | 25.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOERUBOSIDE-B | 0 | Bulb | not available | 5.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOLEUCINE | 3 | Bulb | 0.5 | 5208.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOLEUCINE | 3 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| JASMONIC-ACID | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | 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. |
| KAEMPFEROL | 75 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Bulb | 1170.0 | 3630.0 | -1.00 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| 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. |