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Common Names: Stinking Rose, Poor Man’s Treacle
Plant Parts: bulb
Active Compounds: Garlic contains more than 200 chemical compounds.
Some of its more important ones include: volatile oil
with sulphur-containing compounds: (allicin, alliin, and
ajoene), and enzymes: (allinase, peroxidase and myrosinase).
Allicin is what gives garlic its antibiotic properties and is responsible
for its strong odor. Ajoene contributes to the anticoagulant
action of garlic. ...
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