Description:
Garlic oil is extracted from the bulbs of the Garlic plant by using steam distillation method. Garlic is a perennial plant having small flat leaves and white colored flowers and bulbils. It is a very hardy, rooted and bulbous plant that gives a very strong odor. Every compound bulb of the tree consists of about 6 to 34 bulblets that are usually called ‘cloves’. These cloves are covered by a thin pinkish or white papery sheet. The oil that is extracted from the bulbs has a very strong smell.
Common Use:
Garlic oil is used as a flavoring agent in canned foods, sauces as wellas soups. • People are also using it in cooking several types of dishes, and to addflavor. • It has been also found to be successful in the treatment of skin andstomach diseases. • The oil is also effective in preventing heart diseases. • It is having capability to prevent certain types of cancers like colonand stomach cancers.