Table 7.
Effects of Consuming Blended Garlic and Garlicin on Breath Allyl Methyl Sulfide, the Main Metabolite of Allicina
| Blended fresh garlic (4.06 g garlic) |
Garlicin (4 tablets) |
|
|---|---|---|
| allyl thiosulfinates (µmol allyl) | 198 (content) | 214 (potential) |
| AUC32h (ng•h/L) | 1480 ± 400 | 1440 ± 450 |
| Cmax (ng/L) | 174 ± 35 | 207 ± 47 |
| Tmax (h) | 2.9 ± 0.3 | 6.0 ± 1.4b |
| % of Cmax at 32h | 0.2 ± 1.8 | 0.6 ± 0.8 |
Abbreviations: AUC32 = area under the 32-hour curve; Cmax = maximum concentration reached; Tmax = time after consumption to reach maximum concentration.
a
Values are means ± standard deviation for the same four persons.
b
Different from blended fresh garlic: P <0.05. No other differences are significant (P > 0.3).