Health Promoting Properties of Garlic Allium sativum L. Consumption

Year 2014, Volume: 12 Issue: 2, 95 - 100, 01.06.2014

Selen Akan

Abstract

Garlic Allium sativum L. has been consumed for hundreds of years but recent studies have been focused on the medicinal properties of garlic consumption. Garlic not only possess antibacterial, antifungal and antimicrobial properties, but also its consumption positively influences human circulatory and immune system and hence have a wide range of health benefits. The inclusion of garlic to daily diets as sedatives, antibiotics, cure for gynecological disorders, skin diseases, pain relief, respiratory and digestive system disorders, aphrodisiac, anti carcinogenic, cardiovascular disease is more prominent nowadays. Besides the traditional uses, as a result of the increase in using natural products to alleviate and/or treat diseases, clinical studies on garlic have been rapidly increasing around the world in recent years. Commercial pills containing garlic extracts are increasing in number as a result of upcoming research. In this study, an overview on the health promoting properties of garlic Allium sativum L. consumption is presented

Keywords

Garlic, Allium sativum L., Anti-carcinogenic, Human health

Sarımsak Allium sativum L. Tüketiminin İnsan Sağlığına Yararları

Abstract

Sarımsak Allium sativum L. medikal özelliklerinden dolayı yüzlerce yıldır kullanılmasına rağmen son yıllarda yapılan araştırmalar sarımsağın sağlık üzerine etkilerine yoğunlaşmıştır. Sarımsak antibakteriyel, antifungal ve antimikrobiyal özelliklerinin yanı sıra dolaşım ve bağışıklık sistemi yararlarına etkileri ile de geniş spektrumlu bir sebzedir. Bu ürünün, birçok ülkede sakinleştirici, antibiyotik, kadın hastalıkları, deri hastalıkları tedavisi, ağrı kesici, solunum ve sindirim sistemleri rahatsızlıklarında, afrodizyak, kalp damar rahatsızlıkları ve anti kanserojen özelliğinden dolayı günlük beslenme programlarında yer almasının önemi ve gerekliliği son yıllarda çok daha fazla vurgulanmaktadır. Geleneksel kullanımlarının yanında, son yıllarda hastalık seyrinin azaltılması ve/veya tedavisinde doğal ürünlerin kullanımının artması sonucu, dünyada bu ürünler üzerinde yapılan klinik çalışmalar da hızla artmaktadır. Yapılan çalışmalar sonucunda bulunan sarımsak hammaddeli ticari ilaçların sayısı da sürekli olarak artmaktadır. Bu çalışmada sarımsağın insan sağlığına yararları konusunda yapılan araştırmalar ile ilgili bilgi verilmesi amaçlanmıştır

Keywords

Sarımsak, Allium sativum L., Antikanserojen, İnsan sağlığı

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