Abstract

A CRITICAL REVIEW ON TAXONOMY, PHYTOCHEMISTRY AND MEDICINAL PROPERTIES OF ALLIUM SATIVUM

R. N. Regitha, Ashvini Vijay Soyam, Anil Kumar, Priyanka Ahlawat, Ajay Singh Amera, Shakti, Konda V. V. S. Krishna, Amisha Rani and Leena P. Joge*

ABSTRACT

Garlic has a variety of beneficial minerals, vitamins, and other compounds that are beneficial to human health. Together with vitamins, it contains high levels of sugar, protein, fat, calcium, potassium, phosphorus, sulfur, iodine, fiber, and silicon. It has a high nutritional content. Garlic also has pharmaceutical properties and is used to treat a wide range of illnesses, such as high blood pressure and cholesterol, cancer, hepatoprotective, antihelmentics, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antifungal, and wound healing; asthma, arthritis, sciatica, lumbago, backache, bronchitis, chronic fever, tuberculosis, rhinitis, malaria, obstinate skin diseases, such as leprosy and leucoderma; indigestion, colic pain, piles, fistula, fractured bone, gout, urinary diseases, diabetes, kidney stone, anemia, jaundice, epilepsy, cataract, and night blindness. In addition, garlic has pharmaceutical implications. The purpose of this review is to go over Allium Sativum taxonomy, phytochemistry, and therapeutic qualities.

Keywords: Allium Sativum, Hepatoprotective, Allicin, Anti-oxidant, Phytoconstituents.