Open AccessContent of mineral- and sulphur compounds in Hungarian and French garlic varieties
Author(s) -
J. Iváncsics,
C. Gombkötő,
Nóra Gombkötő,
Ákos Máthé
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
international journal of horticultural science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2676-931X
pISSN - 1585-0404
DOI - 10.31421/ijhs/19/3-4./1105
Subject(s) - potassium , sulfur , magnesium , chemistry , phosphorus , boron , zinc , mineral , copper , organic chemistry
In our days about 2 million tons of garlic are grown in the world. Garlic was used as medicine already in ancient Egypt. It contains approx 33 sulfur compounds, several enzymes, 17 amino acids and minerals. We determined the content of diallyl sulfone, boron, calcium, copper, iron, potassium, magnesium, natrium, phosphorus and zinc in fi ve garlic varieties (3 French, 2 Hungarian). We searched if there were signiffi cant differences between the varieties.