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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
CHLOROPHYLL 21 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHOLESTEROL 1 Bulb 0.0 80.0 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.
CHOLINE 20 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM 24 Bulb 0.1 1.5 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM 24 Root 0.6 1.5 -0.26 Duke, 1992 *
CIS-2-PROPENYL-1-PROPENYL-DISULFIDE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-AJOENE 0 Bulb not available 59.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRAL 53 Bulb not available not available not available 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.
CITRULLINE 5 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Bulb 0.5 2.5 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Root 3.7 10.0 -0.33 Duke, 1992 *
CONIFERIN 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Bulb 1.4 9.7 -1.27 Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Wealth of India.
CYCLIC-SULFUR-S8 0 Bulb not available 2455.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOALLIIN 3 Bulb 500.0 4285.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CYSTEINE 13 Bulb not available 0.0 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.
CYSTEINE 13 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE 2 Bulb 0.0 1560.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE 2 Leaf 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.