Garlic and Cancer Prevention

The anticancer properties of garlic have been known since ancient times. The ancient Egyptians used garlic externally for the treatment of tumors, and Hippocrates and physicians in ancient India are reported to have used garlic externally for cancer treatment. 

It is clear that the chemopreventive activity of garlic is related to the organosulfur compounds (OSCS) derived from garlic. Although how garlic achieves chemoprevention is not fully understood, several modes of action have been proposed on the basis of recent studies. 

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