FROM FOLKLORE TO MOLECULAR MECHANISM - THE EXAMPLE OF AJOENE

Citation
E. Ledezma et R. Apitzcastro, FROM FOLKLORE TO MOLECULAR MECHANISM - THE EXAMPLE OF AJOENE, Interciencia, 23(4), 1998, pp. 227
Citations number
46
Language
SPAGNOLO
art.tipo
Article
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
ISSN journal
0378-1844
Volume
23
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Database
ISI
SICI code
0378-1844(1998)23:4<227:FFTMM->2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
A historical review of the folklore-based discovery of an organic tris ulfur: (E,Z) 4-5-9 tritiadodeca-1-6-11 triene 9-oxide, to which the tr ivial name ''ajoene'' (ajo is the spanish word for garlic) was given. The biological activity (s) of ajoene have been reported in no less th an 25 international articles and up to 1998, claims have been register ed in nine international patents. The discoverers have enjoyed fruitfu l international collaborations due to the general collaborations due t o the general interest of a wide range of researchers in the compound.