A culinary and medicinal perennial plant that contains amino acids and volatile oils (e.g., allicin and vitamins A, B and C) and owes its aroma to the high content of selenium, which is eliminated through the lungs and skin as dimethyl selenide
Chinese medicine Chinese chive, da suan Garlic is used in traditional Chinese medicine as an antimicrobial and general tonic, and for colds, cough, diarrhoea, gastrontestinal complaints, parasites, rheumatic disease, shellfish poisoning, tuberculosis, tumours and vaginitis, as well as to increase internal secretions, and topically for athlete’s foot, fungal and parasitic infections. See Chinese herbal medicine
Herbal medicine In Western herbal medicine, garlic is used internally for atherosclerosis, colds, coughs, flu, gastrointestinal complaints, hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, liver and gallbladder disease and as an anthelmintic; as with Chinese herbal medicine, it is used topically for athlete’s foot, fungal and parasitic infections and as a rubefacient. See Herbal medicine

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Q. Is garlic helpful in heart ailments? I have heard that garlic is very good for cardiac health and using in curries or cooked with foods will be helpful. I have also heard that it has anti-inflammatory substances and also helps in weight loss. Is garlic helpful in heart ailments?

A. It acts as antioxidant and reduces the amount of free radicals in your body. It’s helpful once taken raw. But the raw garlic can cause bad breadth and blistering of skin and diarrhea. So, there should be a reduced intake of raw garlic. It’s better to have garlic in a cooked up form like in curries or with vegetables. This will also give the desired benefits of garlic and the side effect of over consumption of garlic will also be reduced.
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Os extratos aquosos de Allium sativum e Lippia alba apresentam atividade antifungica sobre Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus sp., Curvularia lunata, Fusarium sp.

Sanidade e qualidade fisiologica de sementes de Chorisia Glaziovii O. Kuntze tratadas com extratos vegetais/Sanitary and physiological quality of Chorisia Glaziovii O. Kuntze seeds treated with plant extracts

Effect of garlic (Allium sativum) on growth factors, some hematological parameters and body compositions in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss).

Effect of Allium sativum Supplemented Diets on Growth and Haematological Responses in Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)

cepivorumK1 isolated from Zacatecas, Zacatecas, Mexico; Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, Fusarium oxysporum and Phytophthora capsici isolates, and Allium sativum Tacatzcuaro cloves, provided by the Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agricolas y Pecuarias (INIFAP-Bajio).

UNA METODOLOGIA RAPIDA Y SEGURA, BASADA EN PCR Y AISLAMIENTO DE DNA POR HERVIDO, PARA LA DETECCION ESPECIFICA DE Sclerotium cepivorum EN DIENTES DE AJO (Allium sativum)

In vitro screening of different Allium sativum extracts on hydatid cysts protoscoleces.

Protoscolicidal Effects of the Garlic Chloroformic Extract on the Protoscolices of Hydatid Cyst at a Short Exposure Time, up to Five Minutes

[28.] Satin SME and M Lopez Effects of storage temperature on growth and bulb formation in four garlic (Allium sativum L.) cultivars.

DURATION OF LOW TEMPERATURE STORAGE, CLOVE TOPPING AND GIBBERELLIC ACID ON GARLIC SPROUTING AND SEEDLING VIGOR

In several recent studies, Allium sativum has been shown to be a powerful antioxidant.

Investigation of Allium sativum's Protective Effect on Ovarian Reserve in an Experimental Ovarian Injury Model/Investigacion del Efecto Protector de Allium sativum de la Reserva Ovarica en un Modelo Experimental de Lesion Ovarica

Sensitivity of food pathogens to garlic (allium sativum).

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF AQUEOUS EXTRACT OF GARLIC (ALLIUM SATIVUM) ON STANDARD STRAINS

Group 2: Aqueous extract of Allium sativum (AEAs) (400 mg/kg body weight).

Effects of Polyherbal Formulation of Allium sativum and Persea americana Seeds' Extracts on Postprandial Hyperglycemia and Sucrose Digestion in Acute Treatment of Normoglycemic Rats

Cultura do alho (Allium sativum): Diagnostico e recomendacoes para seu cultivo no Estado de Sao Paulo.

Quantile regression of nonlinear models to describe different levels of dry matter accumulation in garlic plants/Regressao quantilica de um modelo nao linear para descricao de diferentes niveis de acumulo de materia seca em plantas de alho

Rajaram, "Antibacterial effect of Allium sativum cloves and Zingiber officinale rhizomes against multiple-drug resistant clinical pathogens," Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, vol.

Comparison of Antimicrobial Activity of Allium sativum Cloves from China and Taskopru, Turkey

Zhao, "Increase in the permeability of tonoplast of garlic (Allium sativum) by monocarboxylic acids," Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, vol.

Comparative Transcriptome Analysis of Temperature-Induced Green Discoloration in Garlic

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