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ConsumerLab.com reviews garlic supplements. (Industry News).


Thirteen non-aged garlic garlic: see onion.
garlic

Bulbous perennial plant (Allium sativum) of the lily family, native to central Asia and growing wild in Italy and southern France. The bulbs are used as a flavouring.
 products and one aged garlic product were purchased and tested by ConsumerLab.com ConsumerLab.com (CL) is a provider of independent test results of health, wellness, and nutrition products. This information helps consumers and healthcare professionals evaluate those products. It publishes results of its tests at www.consumerlab.com. , White Plains, NY. The amount of allicin allicin /al·li·cin/ (al´i-sin) an oily substance, extracted from garlic, which has antibacterial activity.
allicin
 produced by the non-aged garlic products ranged from as little as 400 micrograms to 6500 micrograms per daily recommended serving. One of the lowest allicin yields per gram of garlic claimed that it was "Allicin Rich." Another product urged consumers to "compare" it to a better-known adj. preno 1. more familiar or renowned than the other of two. Antonym of lesser-known nt>.

Adj. 1. better-known - more familiar or renowned than the other of two; "the better-known book of the two"
 brand that ConsumerLab.com found to yield more than eight times as much allicin. Several products produced several times the amount of allicin they claimed.
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Publication:Nutraceuticals World
Date:Dec 1, 2002
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