When
allicin breaks down, it produces an acid that reacts with and traps the free radicals.
Studies have found that during digestion,
allicin breaks down into sulfenic acid, a compound which reacts with free radicals faster than any other substance known to mankind.
Not exact matches
(Cooking garlic probably prevents the conversion of alliin to
allicin, or
breaks down
allicin quickly.)
While one of the main nutrients in raw garlic is
allicin, which has antimicrobial properties, black garlic doesn't have as much, because it tends to be
broken down during the fermentation process.
Garlic contains a natural substance known as allin which is
broken down to
allicin, which has healing properties that fight free radical in your body.
As your stomach digests
allicin, it rapidly
breaks it down into sulfenic acid.
Allicin is unstable and further
breaks down into other sulfurous compounds including diallyl disulfide, diallyl trisulfide, and diallyl tetrasulfide.