ALLIUM CHEMISTRY - NATURAL-ABUNDANCE OF ORGANOSELENIUM COMPOUNDS FROMGARLIC, ONION AND RELATED PLANTS AND IN HUMAN GARLIC BREATH

Authors
BLOCK E CAI XJ UDEN PC ZHANG X QUIMBY BD SULLIVAN JJ
Citation
E. Block et al., ALLIUM CHEMISTRY - NATURAL-ABUNDANCE OF ORGANOSELENIUM COMPOUNDS FROMGARLIC, ONION AND RELATED PLANTS AND IN HUMAN GARLIC BREATH, Pure and applied chemistry, 68(4), 1996, pp. 937-944
Citations number
36
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry
Journal title
Pure and applied chemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
00334545
Volume
68
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
937 - 944
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-4545(1996)68:4<937:AC-NOO>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
By using the technique of gas chromatography with atomic emission dete ction (GC-AED), a variety of low molecular weight organoselenium and m ixed organosulfur-organoselenium compounds have been identified in nat ural abundance in the headspace above chopped Allium and Brassica spp. and in human breath after ingestion of garlic. Selenoamino acid precu rsors to these organoselenium volatiles have been identified in these plants using the same technique.