HERBAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS - Allium sativum (GARLIC)

Garlic is among the oldest of all cultivated plants. Garlic is believed to have originated in Central Asia (India, Afganistan, China, Russia) and spread to other parts of the world through trade and colonization. In the historical writings of India and in literature like Vedas and Purans, garlic is repoted to have medicinal as well as nutritive value in food items. Clinical indications of garlic include hemorrhoids, rheumatism, dermatitis, abdominal pain, cough, loss of appetites and loss of weight. It is remarkable plant, which has multiple beneficial effects such as antimicrobial, antithrombotic, hypolipidemic, antiarthritic, hypoglycemic and antitumor actively. Allicin has antibacterial and antioxidant actively.