“…Not so long ago, garlic was reported to be an effective agent providing therapeutic effects having bactericidal, antibiotic and fungicidal properties, and its anticancer activity against various tumour types has been reported [1,2]. A summary of biologically active substances in garlic is as follows: water, fibre, sulfur compounds, adenosine, pectin, fructan, carbohydrates, fatty acids, essential amino acids, nicotinic acid, phospholipids, prostaglandins, lectins, enzymes, vitamins C, E, B 1 , B 2 , B 6 and minerals P, Zn, Se, K, Fe, Mg, Ca and Na [1,3,4]. The most important nonprotein amino acid in garlic is alliin with a content 0.2-2%, which undergoes many chemical reactions during cutting, chewing, crushing, all in conjunction with the pyridoxal phosphate-containing enzyme alliinase, giving other sulfur-containing compounds [3,5].…”