- Ingredient Name:Garlic
- Features:Antioxidant Properties, Odorless, Anti-Cancer Properties, Free Radical Scavenging, Anti-Inflammatory, Anti-Diabetic Effect, Antimicrobial, Reduction in Cholesterol
- End Uses:Dietary Supplements
Alliin 98% is an ingredient with CAS number as 556-27-4, is not so popular to the public. Alliin seems to only appear in scientifc literature. Even when you type alliin in search engine, google will show all most everything pointing to allicin. In fact, alliin is not allcin since they have different structures and CAS numbers. However, they are connected, and both related with garlic. Yeah, that is right, just the ordorous garlic in the kitchen. When fresh garlic is chopped or crushed, an enzyme called alliinase then converts alliin into allicin. Alliin is the most abundant organosulfur compound in the whole garlic bulbs. Allicin’s IUPAC name is (2R)-2-amino-3-[(S)-prop-2-enylsulfinyl]propanoic acid, with other names as 2-propene-1-sulfinothioic acid S-2-propenyl ester, thio-2-propene-1- sulfinic acid S-allyl ester, diellyl disulfide-oxide, diallyl thiosulfinate, S-Allyl-L-cysteine sulfoxide, etc.