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Monograph of Allium sativum L

    Dr. Benjamin Gilbert

    Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Institute of Technology in Pharmaceuticals-Farmanguinhos, Center for Innovation in Biodiversity and Health - CIBS. Rua Comandante Guaranys, 447, Jacarepaguá, CEP 22775-903, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.

    OrcID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5729-5047

    He holds a degree in Organic Chemistry from the University of Bristol (1950) and a PhD in Organic Chemistry from the University of Bristol (1954). He is currently a senior technologist at the Institute of Pharmaceutical Technology of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation. He has experience in the area of ​​Chemistry, with an emphasis on the Chemistry of Natural Products, working mainly on the following topics: chemical standardization of medicinal plants, implementation of phytotherapy in the SUS (Brazilian Health System), production of monographs on medicinal plants. He was part of expert groups of the World Health Organization in the writing of books on Monographs of Medicinal Plants and Guides to Good Practices in Agricultural Production and Quality Control, and Monographs on Environmental Health Criteria. He participated in the Biology and Vector Control Committee of the Pan American Health Organization for several years and in the Board of Directors of the International Organization for the Development of Chemistry.

    Dr. Teresa Cristina de Carvalho Lima Neves

    Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Sergio Arouca National School of Public Health. Leopoldo Bulhões Street, 1480, Manguinhos, Zip Code 21041-210, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.

    OrcID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2940-7643

    She has a degree in Pharmacy and Biochemistry from the Fluminense Federal University - UFF (1978), specialization in Food Technology from the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro - UFRRJ (1980), master's degree in Communication and Culture from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ (2003) and a PhD in Communication and Health Information from the Institute of Communication and Information in Science and Technology in Health - ICICT / FIOCRUZ (2021). Public Health Researcher at the Sergio Arouca School of Public Health - ENSP / FIOCRUZ. Her main interests are Public Health, Primary Care, Family Health Strategy, Communication and Health, Education and Health, Multiprofessional Residency in Family Health, Pharmacist's Performance in the Family Health Strategy and Integrative and Complementary Practices - PICS. She has experience in Collective Health and Public Health, working mainly on the following topics: Education and Health, Communication and Health and Integrative and Complementary Practices - PICS, mainly Integrative Community Therapy (participating as a supporter of this training in Rio de Janeiro), Multiprofessional Training in Family Health.

    Dr. Lucio Ferreira Alves

    Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Institute of Pharmaceutical Technology-Farmanguinhos, Laboratory of Chemistry of Natural Products, Rua Sizenando Nabuco, 100, Manguinhos. Zip Code 21041-000, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.

    OrcID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0535-7629

    Graduated in Pharmacy from the Fluminense Federal University (1975). Pharmacognosy Monitor 1975. Approved in the competition for assistant professor of teaching in the Department of Ecology, Insect Ecology Sector of the Biology Institute of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (May 1983). Master in Philosophy from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (2002) and Master in Sciences, Systems Engineering and Computing, area of ​​History of Sciences and Epistemological Techniques from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (2005), PhD in History of Science, Techniques and Epistemology from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (2010), working mainly in the following areas: medicinal plants, phytotherapy, history of science, philosophy of science. He was Editor of the Fitos Magazine.


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Abstract

This monograph comprises the presentation of Allium sativum L.(Amaryllidaceae),It groups and
systematizes the knowledge about the structure, characteristics, properties and use. The aim of this study
was to present the botanical identification, definition of the physical characteristic’s chemical contents of the
active principles, pharmacological properties and their therapeutic indications and care of use.

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Author(s)

  • Dr. Benjamin Gilbert
    Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Institute of Technology in Pharmaceuticals-Farmanguinhos, Center for Innovation in Biodiversity and Health - CIBS. Rua Comandante Guaranys, 447, Jacarepaguá, CEP 22775-903, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
    https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5729-5047
  • Dr. Teresa Cristina de Carvalho Lima Neves
    Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Sergio Arouca National School of Public Health. Leopoldo Bulhões Street, 1480, Manguinhos, Zip Code 21041-210, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
    https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2940-7643
  • Dr. Lucio Ferreira Alves
    Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Institute of Pharmaceutical Technology-Farmanguinhos, Laboratory of Chemistry of Natural Products, Rua Sizenando Nabuco, 100, Manguinhos. Zip Code 21041-000, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
    https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0535-7629

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Monograph of Allium sativum L. Rev Fitos [Internet]. 2025 Mar. 24 [cited 2025 Apr. 17];19:e1757. Available from: https://revistafitos.far.fiocruz.br/index.php/revista-fitos/article/view/1757
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