TY - JOUR
T1 - Medicinal and therapeutic properties of garlic, garlic essential oil, and garlic-based snack food
T2 - An updated review
AU - Verma, Tarun
AU - Aggarwal, Ankur
AU - Dey, Priya
AU - Chauhan, Anil Kumar
AU - Rashid, Summya
AU - Chen, Kow Tong
AU - Sharma, Rohit
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2023 Verma, Aggarwal, Dey, Chauhan, Rashid, Chen and Sharma.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Garlic (Allium sativum) is an edible tuber belonging to the family Liliaceae. It has been used since ancient times as a spice to enhance the sensory characteristics of food and as a household remedy for the treatment of a variety of ailments. Garlic has been studied for its medicinal and therapeutic effects in the treatment of various human diseases for a long time. Health benefits associated with the consumption of garlic are attributed to the various sulfur compounds present in it such as allicin, ajoene, vinyl-dithiin, and other volatile organosulfur compounds which are all metabolized from alliin. Several researches in the literature have shown evidence that garlic exhibits antioxidant, antiviral, anti-microbial, anti-fungal, antihypertensive, anti-anemic, anti-hyperlipidemic, anticarcinogenic, antiaggregant, and immunomodulatory properties. The present review identifies and discusses the various health benefits associated with the consumption of garlic, its essential oil, and bioactive constituents, along with exploring the various snack-food products developed by incorporating garlic.
AB - Garlic (Allium sativum) is an edible tuber belonging to the family Liliaceae. It has been used since ancient times as a spice to enhance the sensory characteristics of food and as a household remedy for the treatment of a variety of ailments. Garlic has been studied for its medicinal and therapeutic effects in the treatment of various human diseases for a long time. Health benefits associated with the consumption of garlic are attributed to the various sulfur compounds present in it such as allicin, ajoene, vinyl-dithiin, and other volatile organosulfur compounds which are all metabolized from alliin. Several researches in the literature have shown evidence that garlic exhibits antioxidant, antiviral, anti-microbial, anti-fungal, antihypertensive, anti-anemic, anti-hyperlipidemic, anticarcinogenic, antiaggregant, and immunomodulatory properties. The present review identifies and discusses the various health benefits associated with the consumption of garlic, its essential oil, and bioactive constituents, along with exploring the various snack-food products developed by incorporating garlic.
KW - allicin
KW - antimicrobial
KW - antioxidant
KW - essential oil
KW - garlic
KW - organo-sulfur compounds
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U2 - 10.3389/fnut.2023.1120377
DO - 10.3389/fnut.2023.1120377
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85149545489
SN - 2296-861X
VL - 10
JO - Frontiers in Nutrition
JF - Frontiers in Nutrition
M1 - 1120377
ER -