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Garlic Forte Garlic Forte contains sulfur compounds Supplement Facts
(particularly alliin) and other compounds.
This product is standardized to contain 12 mg per tablet Serving size: 1 tablet
of stabilized alliin to ensure optimal strength and quality. Servings per container: 40
The compounds in Garlic Forte, particularly the alliin Amount per Serving %DV Tablets and Capsules
and resultant metabolites which are formed on Calcium 70 mg 6%
ingestion, are used traditionally to:
Fresh Garlic bulb 12:1 extract 300 mg †
help maintain normal cholesterol levels already within from Allium sativum fresh bulb 3.6 g
a normal range Containing alliin 12 mg
support cardiovascular system health Garlic (Allium sativum) bulb powder 45 mg †
support healthy upper respiratory tract † Daily Value (DV) not established.
support immune system health*
Caution: Contraindicated in known allergy to Garlic. Other ingredients: Dibasic calcium phosphate dihydrate,
Contraindicated in lactation. Not to be used during microcrystalline cellulose, sodium starch glycolate, ethyl cellulose,
pregnancy unless otherwise directed by a qualified ammonium hydroxide, fatty acids, oleic acid, sodium
health care professional. t carboxymethylcellulose, talc (magnesium silicate), polydextrose,
magnesium stearate, silicon dioxide and dl-alpha-tocopherol.
Additional Support Content Product No
Consider Echinacea Premium tablets or liquid, or 40 Tablets M1285
Andrographis Complex tablets for healthy immune Suggested Use
system function. 1 tablet 1 – 2 times daily, or as directed.
Combine with Livton Complex tablets to support Enteric coated tablets. Do not break or crush.
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healthy liver and gallbladder function. Educational Tools
Combine with Metabol Complex tablets to support L0637: Garlic Forte Brochure
normal pancreatic and liver function. L2725: GI Flora Balance Program Handout
Consider Golden Seal 500mg tablets or Wormwood Product Detail Sheet available online
Complex tablets to cleanse the gastrointestinal tract.
Combine with Gut Flora Complex capsules to cleanse
and promote health in the lower gastrointestinal tract.
Consider Hawthorn tablets and/or Coleus Forte tablets
to further promote cardiovascular system health.*
Garlic Quality Story
Alliin (an odorless amino acid) is naturally found in Garlic cloves but is rapidly converted to allicin (a strong
smelling volatile sulfide) when exposed to the enzyme alliinase in the presence of water or when the Garlic
clove is crushed – as shown below by the absence of the alliin peak in the HPLC trace on the right hand side.
Allicin is rather unstable and is the precursor to a range of sulfur containing compounds including, diallylsulfides, ajoenes and
vinyldithiins. It is important that quality products take this enzymatic process into account since there is strong published evidence
for Garlic preparations standardized this way. Therefore alliin must be present together with the correct amount of alliinase in the
tablet to allow full conversion to allicin. Furthermore, because stomach acid can degrade the activity of alliinase, quality products
should be enterically coated to protect the enzyme. That is why all MediHerb Garlic Forte tablets are enterically coated and are
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tested not only for the level of alliin but for its conversion into allicin, “its allicin-releasing ability.”
Garlic (Allium sativum)
Formation of Allicin from Alliin
“ There is strong
Alliinase
published evidence
for Garlic preparations
standardized to alliin
Alliin Allicin
content with
Peak due to alliin allicin-releasing
has disappeared
due to conversion capability.”
Reaction of alliin in Garlic powder with to allicin
alliinase to form allicin as shown by HPLC – Kerry Bone
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