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Plant Allium sativum var. sativum (Liliaceae)

Common Names
Garlic
How this plant is used
Food

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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
PROSTAGLANDIN-E-2 3 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROSTAGLANDIN-F 0 Bulb not available not available not available Pobozsny, K., Tetenyi, P., Hethelyi, I., Kocsar, L., Mann, V. 1979. Biologically Active Substances: Investigations into the Prostaglandin Content of Allium Species. I. Herba Hung, 18(2): 71-81.
PROSTAGLANDIN-F-1-ALPHA 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROSTAGLANDIN-F-2-ALPHA 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Bulb 35000.0 179000.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Flower 14000.0 121000.0 -0.25 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 26000.0 191000.0 -0.21 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PROTEIN 0 Root 66230.0 179000.0 0.68 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Shoot 12000.0 54000.0 -1.41 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PROTODEGALACTOTIGONIN 0 Bulb not available 10.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTODEGALACTOTIGONIN 0 Root not available 200.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTODESGALACTOTIGONIN 0 Bulb not available 10.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTOERUBOSIDE-B 0 Bulb 100.0 285.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTOISOERUBOSIDE-B 0 Bulb 4.2 not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PSEUDOSCORIDININE-A 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PSEUDOSCORIDININE-B 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Bulb 0.1 200.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 2 Plant not available not available not available Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
RAFFINOSE 1 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RAFFINOSE 1 Leaf not available not available not available Osman, S. A. 1980. Chemical and Biological Studies of Onion and Garlic in an Attempt to Isolate a Hypoclycaemic Extract. Abstr. 4th Asian Symp. Med. Plants Spices Bangkok, Thailand, September 15-19: 117.
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List of plant activities.
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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.