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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
4-METHYL-5-VINYLTHIAZOLE 0 Bulb not available 0.8 not available Duke, 1992 *
5-BUTYL-CYSTEINE-SULFOXIDE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETALDEHYDE 6 Bulb not available not available not available Kim, S. M., Wu, C. M., Kobayashi, A., Kubota, K., Okumura, J. 1995. Volatile Compounds in Stir-Fried Garlic. J. Agric. Food Chem., 43(11): 2951-2955.
ACYL-ANTHOCYANIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ADENOSINE 28 Bulb 5.7 370.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ADENOSINE 28 Tuber not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AJOENE 46 Bud not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AJOENE 46 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE 3 Bulb 6.2 7000.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ALLICIN 67 Bulb 1500.0 27800.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLIIN 21 Bulb 5000.0 40000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLIIN 21 Essential Oil not available not available not available Bekdairova, K. Z., Klyshev, L. K. 1982. Garlic Essential Oil and its Quantitative Analysis. Izv Akad Nauk Kaz Ssr Ser Biol, 1: 6-11.
ALLIIN 21 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLIIN 21 Leaf not available 76.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLIIN 21 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLIINASE 0 Bulb 3500.0 28500.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLIN 0 Bulb not available 13000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLISATIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLISTATIN-I 2 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLISTATIN-II 2 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
Anticolic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticolitic? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticomplement 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Anticomplementary 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant 5 Duke, 1992 *
Anticorneitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticorneotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticoronary 6 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCrohn's 4 Martindale's 29th
Anticryptococcic 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.
AntiCTS 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCVI 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticystinuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticystitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticytotoxic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antidandruff 4 A.L.L. Hunting. Encyclopedia of Shampoo Ingredients. Micelle Press, Cranford NJ. 467 pp.
Antidecubitic 5 Martindale's 28th
Antideliriant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antidementia 8 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.