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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
KILOCALORIES 0 Flower 390.0 3366.0 0.68 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
KILOCALORIES 0 Leaf 440.0 3240.0 0.36 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
KILOCALORIES 0 Shoot 760.0 3410.0 0.78 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
LEUCINE 2 Bulb 0.3 7392.0 1.00 *
LEUCINE 2 Leaf *
LIGNIN 13 Bulb 16000.0 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.
LIGNIN 13 Epidermis 16000.0 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.
LINALOL 0 Bulb *
LINALOOL 53 Bulb 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.
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Bulb 1200.0 7800.0 *
LINOLEIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Bulb *
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Bulb *
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Plant Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
LYSINE 4 Bulb 10.0 6552.0 1.00 *
LYSINE 4 Leaf *
MAGNESIUM 65 Bulb 160.0 1210.0 0.68 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Root 448.0 1210.0 -0.72 *
MALTOTRIOSE 0 Bulb *
MANGANESE 14 Bulb 1.6 15.3 -0.56 *
MANGANESE 14 Root 0.5 1.4 -0.53 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticardiospasmic 2 *
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 *
AntiCFS 3 *
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 *
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 *
Anticirrhotic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticlastogen 2 *
Anticlaudificant? 1 Martindale's 29th
Anticlimacteric 4 *
Anticoeliac 1 Martindale's 28th
Anticold 2 *