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Saturday, 21 February 2015

When crushed, Allium sativum yields allicin, an antibiotic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garlic

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When crushed, Allium sativum yields allicin, an antibiotic and antifungal compound (phytoncide) discovered by Chester J. Cavallito and colleagues in 1944.

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