allicin

See also: Allicin

English

Etymology

From Latin allium (“garlic”) +‎ -cin (“produced by bacteria”, modeled after -mycin, -cin).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈælɪsən/
• Homophone: Allison

Noun

allicin (countable and uncountable, plural allicins)

1. (organic chemistry) An organic compound, diallyl thiosulfinate, obtained from garlic, with a variety of medicinal and antibacterial properties.
   • 2009 August 26, Susan Sampson, “Touring Ontario's West Coast”, in Toronto Star‎^[1]:

     The "neck" is not soft and braidable, the cloves are big and fat, there's a round basal plate at the root, and the content of allicin (a healthful compound) is five times that of offshore garlic, Rowe boasts.

Coordinate terms

• (sulfur compounds from garlic): ajoene

Related terms

• allin

Translations

organic compound

• Dutch: allicine
• Finnish: allisiini
• German: Allicin
• Italian: allicina
• Polish: allicyna
• Portuguese: alicina f
• Spanish: alicina f
• Swedish: allicin

See also

• allicin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• lilacin