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• Garlic contains at least 33 sulfur compounds, several enzymes, 17 amino acids, and minerals. The sulfur compounds are responsible for the pungent odor and many of its medicinal effects.

• Saponins; tannins; sulfurous compounds; prostaglandins; alkaloids; volatile oils; allicin (bulb).

• The antihelmintic property is due to allyl disulphide content.

• The most important chemical constituents are the cysteine sulfoxides (alliin) and the nonvolatile glutamylcysteine peptides which make up more than 82% of the sulfur content of garlic. Allicin, ajoenes and sulfides are degradation products of alliin.

• Some of garlic's effect is attributed to alicin, its active ingredient, which is converted to ajoene, allyl sulfides and vinyldithiins.

• Allicin (dially thiosulfinate or dially disulfide) is generated only when the garlic is crushed or cut, which activates the enzyme allinase which metabolizes alliin to allicin.

• Aged garlic products lack allicin, but may have activity due to the presence of S-allycysteine.

• Bulb: allicin; volatile oil, 0.9% - allyl disulfide, allypropyl disulfide; inulin; protein; fat, 1.3%; carbohydrates, 0.2%; ash, 9.4%; choline, 0.7%; myrosinase.

Leaves: Protein, i.2%; fat, 0.5%; sulfides.

Uses

Edibility / Culinary
- Widely used by Filipinos for flavoring dishes.

Folkloric
- In the Philippines, bulbs used for hypertension. Also used as diuretic, and eaten fresh or burned for coughs in children.
- Arthritis, rheumatism, toothaches: Crush several cloves and rub on affected areas.
- Crush clove applied to both temples as poultice for headache.
- Crush garlic or cut clove crosswise and rub directly to areas of insect bites.
- Decoction of leaves and bulbs for fever and as hypotensive, carminative, expectorant, and antihelmintic.
- Juice from freshly crushed garlic used for colds, cough, sore throat, hoarseness, asthma and bronchitis.
- Decoction use for tonsillitis.
- Steam inhalation of chopped garlic and a teaspoon of vinegar in boiling water used for nasal congestion.
- Fresh garlic has been used as a complement to INH therapy for tuberculosis. In Mexico, fresh bulb is eaten as a preventive for tuberculosis.
- In India, garlic juice diluted in water, applied externally to prevent hair from turning grey.
- Diluted juice used for earaches and deafness.
- In the Antilles, used as vermifuge.
- Also used for menstrual cramps.
- Used for digestive problems and gastrointestinal spasms.
- Infusion of a peeled broiled clove used for gas pains.
- Juice of bulb with common salt applied to bruises and sprains; also used for neuralgia and earache.
- Rubbed over ringworm for soothing effect.
- In WWI, fresh raw juice was used as antiseptic for control of wound suppuration.

Studies

• Antibacterial, antifungal, antiparasitic:

• Anticandidal

• Hypertension

• Hyperlipidemia / Antioxidant:Controversial,

• Hypocholesterolemic / Fresh Bulbs

• Lipid Profile Benefits

• Anti-cancer / Chemoprotective:

• Effect on Salivary Gland Tumorigenesis

• Hepatoprotective / Hematologic Effects

• Antidiabetic

• Sperm Immobilization Activity

• Anti-Thrombotic Activity

• Diallyl Sulfide / Anti-Cancer

• Cardiovascular Benefits

• Antibacterial / Anti-Staph aureus

• Antitumorigenesis

• Antimicrobial / Crude Juices

• Antioxidant

• Essential Oil / Antibacterial / Pseudomonas Aeruginosa

• Chemoprevention

• Allyl Alcohol and Garlic in Oxidative Stress Effects on C. Albicans

• Antimicrobial Effects with Combined Extracts

• Antibacterial Against Multiple-Drug Resistant Pathogens / Cloves

• Effect on Systolic and Diastolic Pressure in Essential Hypertension

• Improved Diabetic Control with Garlic Supplementation

• Anthelmintic

• Analgesic / Anti-Nociceptive

• Immune System Enhancement / Black Garlic

• Antihypertensive

• Effect on the Pharmacokinetic of Metformin / Herb-Drug Interaction

• Effect on Liver Glycogen Deposition and Gonadal Protein Metabolism

• Pharmacodynamic Interaction with Cilostazol in Diabetic Patients

• Virucidal

• Hepatoprotective / Paracetamol Induced Liver Damage


Precautions

• Anticoagulant Use: Reports have suggested that garlic may decrease platelet aggregation and have antifibrinolytic activity; therefore, should be used with caution in patients on anticoagulant therapy.