Is Garlic a Wonder Plant?
Journal Title: Advances in Food Technology and Nutritional Sciences - Open Journal - Year 2015, Vol 1, Issue 3
Abstract
The term wonder drug was coined for aspirin, acetylsalicylic acid, for decades – because of its benefits in alleviating many health problems, conditions and symptoms. Aspirin is easily synthesized and its price is very affordable worldwide. Ancient cultures relied on the use of traditional medicines for alleviating and treatment of many human ailments. Most of these folkloric remedies utilized different types of plants as a whole or some of their parts. With advancements in analytical techniques, many compounds that are of bioactive properties; such as those containing sulfur, flavonoids, and other phenolic compounds, have been discovered in plants. Some of food items of a plant origin contain such compounds, thus became known as functional foods.
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Farouk El-Sabban
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