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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
SCORODININ-A-2 0 Bulb 250.0 8000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SCORODININ-B 0 Bulb not available 800.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SCORODININE-A-3 0 Bulb not available 333.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SCORODOSE 0 Bulb 470000.0 530000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM 60 Bulb 0.1 1.6 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM 60 Root 0.6 1.6 -0.25 Duke, 1992 *
SERINE 1 Bulb 5.0 4560.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
SILICON 4 Bulb not available not available not available Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
SILICON 4 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SINAPIC-ACID 9 Bulb not available 2.0 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.
SINAPIC-ACID 9 Plant not available 27.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
SINAPINIC-ACID 0 Bulb not available 2.0 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.
SODIUM 1 Bulb 158.0 559.0 -0.59 Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Leaf 40.0 294.0 -0.60 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
SODIUM 1 Root 104.0 280.0 -0.38 Duke, 1992 *
STACHYOSE 1 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STARCH 5 Root 29600.0 80000.0 -0.99 Duke, 1992 *
STEROLS 0 Bulb 18.0 50.0 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.
STIGMASTEROL 12 Plant not available not available not available Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
SUCCINIC-ACID 7 Plant not available not available not available Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
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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
Antidote (Paraquat) 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidote (pesticides) 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidysgeuzic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidyskinetic 3 Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antidyspeptic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidysphagic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiEBV 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antieczemic 7 Merck 11th Edition
Antiedemic 7 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antielastase 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiencephalitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic 9 Martindale's 29th
Antiencephalopathic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiendotoxic 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Antienteritic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antienterotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antierythemic 1 Duke, 1992 *