Garlic possesses many active antimicrobial components. These include compounds such as allicin, ajoenes, and allyl sulfides, which exhibit a range of antibacterial properties. A 2021 review notes ...

All four contribute to garlic breath, says Joe Brunetti, a horticulturist at the National Museum of American History’s Victory Garden, but one of them, allyl methyl sulfide, or AMS, is most to ...