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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
(-)-N-(1'-DEOXY-1'-D-FRUCTOPYRANOSYL)-S-ALLYL-L-CYSTEINE-SULFOXIDE 1 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(E)-1,2-PROPENE-1-SULFINOTHIOCIC-ACID-S-METHYL-ESTER 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(E)-2-PROPENYL-1-PROPENYL-DISULFIDE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(Z)-2-PROPENYL-1-PROPENYL-DISULFIDE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1,2,3-TRI-THI-4-ENE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1,2,3-TRI-THI-4-ENE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1,2-(PROP-2-ENYL)-DISULFANE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1,2-DIMERCAPTOCYCLOPENTANE 0 Bulb not available 2.4 not available Duke, 1992 *
1,2-EPITHIOPROPANE 0 Bulb 0.1 1.7 not available Duke, 1992 *
1,3-DITHIANE 0 Bulb 0.1 3.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
1-HEXANOL 0 Bulb not available 0.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
1-METHYL-1,2-(PROP-2-ENYL)-DISULFANE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1-METHYL-2-(PROP-2-ENYL)-DISULFANE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1-METHYL-3-(PROP-2-ENYL)-TRISULFANE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1-PROPENYL-ALLYL-THIOSULFINATE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2,3,4-TRITHIAPENTANE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2,5-DIMETHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2,5-DIMETHYL-TETRAHYDROTHIOPHENE 0 Bulb not available 0.6 not available Duke, 1992 *
2,5-DIMETHYLTHIOPHENE 0 Bulb not available 138.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2,6-DIMETHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Bulb not available not available 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
Anticardiospasmic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic 4 Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticarpal-Tunnel 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract 11 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticervicaldysplasic 3 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCFS 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticholesteremic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Anticholesterogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticholinesterase 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.
Antichoreic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticirrhotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticirrhotic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticlastogen 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticlaudificant? 1 Martindale's 29th
Anticlimacteric 4 Duke, 1992 *
Anticoeliac 1 Martindale's 28th
Anticold 2 Duke, 1992 *