MINI REVIEW article
Front. Pharmacol.
Sec. Ethnopharmacology
Mini-review:The health benefits and applications of allicin
Provisionally accepted
- Xiangtan Central Hospital, Xiangtan, China
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Garlic is a perennial plant with a long history of cultivation and medicinal use. As a valuable food additive and spice, garlic contains many nutrients and chemicals. Allicin is a key bioactive organosulfur compoundmetabolite derived from garlic bulbs. In recent years, more and more scientists have carried out research on it. This article reviews the health benefits and applications of allicin. Meanwhile, we also discussed the limitations of relevant research on allicin and look forward to the future prospects of allicin. We found that allicin is a valuable ingredientmetabolite in medicine and the food field. With the deepening of allicin research, the application of allicin will have a broader prospect.
Keywords: allicin, Garlic, health benefit, application, herb
Received: 01 Oct 2025; Accepted: 10 Nov 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Chen, Lei, Liu and Cao. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Ke Qian Chen, 993121580@qq.com
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