allicin
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See also: Allicin
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Latin allium (“garlic”) + -cin (“produced by bacteria”, modeled after -mycin, -cin).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
allicin (countable and uncountable, plural allicins)
- (organic chemistry) An organic compound, diallyl thiosulfinate, obtained from garlic, with a variety of medicinal and antibacterial properties.
- 2009 August 26, Susan Sampson, “Touring Ontario's West Coast”, in Toronto Star[1]:
- The "neck" is not soft and braidable, the cloves are big and fat, there's a round basal plate at the root, and the content of allicin (a healthful compound) is five times that of offshore garlic, Rowe boasts.
Coordinate terms[edit]
- (sulfur compounds from garlic): ajoene
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
organic compound