Ever since ancient times, Allium species have played a significant role in the human diet, traditional medicine for treatment of many ailments, and officinal as supplemental ingredient. The major metabolites alliums, well their antioxidant antimicrobial properties, with an emphasis on most represented Balkan region, are discussed this review. Due to its richness endemic species, region is consi...

Louis Pasteur was the first to describe the antibacterial effect of onion and garlic juices. Historically, garlic has been used worldwide to fight bacterial infections. Allium vegetables, particularly garlic (Allium sativum L.) exhibit a broad antibiotic spectrum against both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. Noteworthy results published include the following: 1) raw juice of garlic was...

Onion thrips, Thrips tabaci Lindeman, is a worldwide pest of onion whose feeding damage and transmission of Iris yellow spot virus (IYSV) may reduce onion yields. Little is known about the seasonal dynamics of T. tabaci dispersal, the distance of dispersal, or the movement of thrips infected with IYSV during the onion-growing season. To address these questions, T. tabaci adults were collected u...

This work was designed to assess and compare the heavy metals accumulation phytoremediation ability of some allium species (Garlic; Allium sativum Onion; cepa) grown on two different soils (contaminated Control soils) using standard methods. Heavy (of Cr, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb, Zn) Concentrations (mg/Kg) were determined atomic absorption spectrophotometry (AAS Model: 210VGP). Plants growth biomass pro...

background and aims: influenza virus is the most important cause of annual morbidities and mortalities worldwide with numerous antigenic drifts and shifts. inaccessibility to effective drugs and vaccines has made world health authorities to be interested in traditional medicine in order to prevent spread of the infectious agent. garlic is one of the most famous of all plants in human history. i...

The association between onion and leek consumption, garlic supplement use and colon and rectum carcinoma among men and women was evaluated in the Netherlands Cohort Study, a large-scale prospective cohort study on diet and cancer. Onions, leeks, and garlic belong to the Allium genus and contain large amounts of potentially chemopreventive compounds. The Netherlands Cohort Study was started in 1...

Precursors involved in the formation of pink and green-blue pigments generated during onion and garlic processing, respectively, have been studied. It has been confirmed that the formations of both pigments are of very similar natures, with (E)-S-(1-propenyl)cysteine sulfoxide (isoalliin) serving as the primary precursor. Upon disruption of the tissue, isoalliin and other S-alk(en)ylcysteine su...