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Garlic, a food with many health benefits

Posted on by Rachel Kaur

Garlic contains many compounds, so far more than 2000 having been identified. The most active molecules on health are sulfur compounds, also responsible for its characteristic odor. Allicin is the most studied (part of the S-alk(en)ylcysteine sulfoxide family and derived from cysteine). When garlic is damaged, it releases a particular enzyme – allinase – that…

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