Ail

1-Identification

French name: Garlic

Scientific name: Garlic sativum

Family: Liliaceae

Active substances: vitamins, mineral salts, compound sulfur, condensed sugars, flavonoids ( Vitamin B6 , manganese, polyphenol, allicin, alliine, organo-sulfide compound, diallyl disulfide, sulfur compound, amine, sulfur amino acid, saponins).

Parts used: Bulb

Habitat:

A plant grown worldwide as a spice, in hot and temperate zones, originating in Central Asia. Garlic is present on every continent and in every market.

Vernacular names:

:—Dioula, Bambara, Malinké, Sénoufo, Dogon:

—, Bwa, Bobo-fing, Balante, Badiaranké

—Dioula, Bété, Baoulé, Attié, Agni, Abbey:

—Wolf, Peuhl, , Floup, Foula:

— Minyanka , Mancagne, manding, Mandjaque, Moor:

—Doubt, Niominka, None:

—Bassari, Baynouk, Bayotte:

—Safèn, Sérère, Socé, Sarakolé, Susu:

—All color, Tandaneous:

—Portuguese Creole:

—Goun, Fon: Ayo

—Yorouba, Nago:

—Myna, Waci, Adja, Kotafon, Saxwè, :

— Bariba, Ditammari, dendi, Waama, Yom,

- Minene, Fan, Vili, Eshira, Punu, Nzebi;

—Galoa, Sangu, Mitsogho, Kota, Mindumu:

—Nkomi, Orungu, Ngowe

2-Properties

Garlic is antibiotic, antiseptic, anti-inflammatory, depurative, hypotensive, anticancer, antioxidant. Garlic cleans arteries, lowers blood pressure, lowers cholesterol, lowers blood sugar, prevents cancer cells from growing. fight infections, balance moods.