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Article Name - Alliicin: A Chemical Compound

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  • Keywords Ammonia, Allyl sulfenic acid, Alliin ... 2023-06-29
  • Introduction Natural compounds present in the organic products can be potential source for new drugs (Newman et al., 2000). Aspirin is an example of biological compound that has medicinal properties which been tur ... 2022-12-21
  • Biosynthesis of Allicin Alliin ((+)-(S)-allyl-L-cysteine-sulfoxide) is converted into Allicin by alliinase enzyme only after garlic clove is crushed. It is so because the alliinase enzyme and its substrate are found in diffe ... 2022-12-21
  • Synthesis of Allicin Industrial production and isolation of allicin is tedious task because of the instability and volatile nature of allicin. For the industrial production of allicin, diallyl disulphide is taken as a sub ... 2022-12-21
  • Pharmacology of Allicin Antibacterial properties of allicin The antibacterial properties of garlic are due to allicin was first demonstrated by Cavallito and Bailey. Allicin also has antifungal and antiviral properties. A ... 2022-12-21
  • Health benefits of Allicin Anticancer Properties of Allicin Allicin has been demonstrated to have antitumor effects. In a study is was shown that a tumor explant treated with allicin did not show proliferative properties when grafted o ... 2022-12-21
  • Benefits of Allicin in Cardiovascular Diseases Cardiovascular disease is a chronic disease related to heart that is a major reason of mortality in world. Allicin has been found to provide protection against cardiovascular diseases. Allicin induces ... 2022-12-21
  • Conclusion Allicin is one of the components of garlic extract that is formed from alliin by alliinase enzyme. Allicin is known to have antibacterial, antifungal and antiviral properties. It is also shown to be p ... 2022-12-21