Garlic (Allium sativum)
Healing Properties
Antiiflammatory
Antioxidant
Prevents DNA damage.[1]
Antithrombotic
Anti-Obesity (weight loss)
Prevents weight gain related to high fat diet.[2]
Antiviral (anti-viral)
Anticytomegalovirus
Anti-Covid (Coronavirus)
Allicin, one of the most bioactive compounds contained in garlic, has high activity against SARSCoV-2 through the inhibition of 3-chymotrypsin-like cysteine protease.[3]
Blood Sugar
Hypoglycemic
Weight Loss
Counteracts the effects of an High Fat Diet on body weight, adipose tissue weight, and serum lipid profiles.
Hypolipidemic (antihyperlipidemic)
Lipid-lowering effects, used in the treatment of high levels of fats, such as cholesterol, in the blood.[2:1]
Immunomodulatory
Disease / Symptom Treatment
Synergistic Qualities
Onion & Garlic oils decreased the levels of triglycerides, total cholesterol, and LDL-Cholesterol and increased the serum level of HDL-Cholesterol.[2:2]
Allium sativum and Nigella sativa extracts showed a synergistic effect in controlling the Cytomegalovirus virus greater than each extract in a solo state.[4]
Title: Bioactive compounds in garlic (Allium sativum L.) as a source of antioxidants and its potential to improve the immune system: a review
Institution(s): Universitas Padjadjaran, Sumedang, Indonesia
Publication: Food Research
Date: September 2021
Archive ↩︎Title: Anti-Obesity and Hypolipidemic effects of garlic oil and onion oil in rats fed a high-fat diet
Publication: Nutrition & Metabolism
Archive: archive, archive-mirror ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎Title: Phytochemicals candidates as promising preventives and/or curatives for COVID-19 Infection: A brief review
Publication: Heighten Science Publications Corporation
Archive: archive, archive-mirror ↩︎Title: Safe and Efficacious Anti-Cytomegalovirus Agents with Therapeutic Activity in vitro
Publication: Scientific and Academic Publishing: Journal of Microbiology Research
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