445
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
C. Egbuna, G. Dable-Tupas (eds.), Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42319-3_21
Chapter 21
Health Benefits of Organosulfur
Compounds
Angelo Mark P. Walag, Olatunde Ahmed, Jaison Jeevanandam,
Muhammad Akram, Benson Chukwunweike Ephraim-Emmanuel,
Chukwuebuka Egbuna, Prabhakar Semwal, Mehwish Iqbal, Sadia Hassan,
and Joy O. Uba
Abbreviation
COX2
Cyclooxygenase-2
CRDH
Cohen-Rosenthal Diabetic Hypertensive
DADS
Diallyl disulfide
DAS
Diallyl sulphide
DASO
Diallyl sulfoxide
DASO2 Diallyl-sulfone
DATS
Diallyl trisulfide
EAA
Essential amino acid
I3C
Indole-3-carbinol
iNOS
Inducible nitric oxide synthase
NAC
N-acetyl cysteine
NO
Nitric oxide
OSC
Organosulfur compound
PGE 2
Prostaglandin E 2
A. M. P. Walag
Department of Science Education, University of Science and Technology of Southern
Philippines, Cagayan de Oro, Philippines
O. Ahmed
Department of Biochemistry, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Nigeria
J. Jeevanandam
Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Science, Curtin University,
Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia
M. Akram
Department of Eastern Medicine, Government College University Faisalabad,
Faisalabad, Pakistan