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Garlic contains 30·5% of the total phosphorus as phytin, which forms the major fraction of the barium-precipitable acid-soluble phosphorus.
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The barium-soluble fraction of the acid-soluble phosphorus is largely composed of the resistant hexose mono-phosphate 65%, and labile phosphorus compounds 35% whose nature is not known.
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An erratum to this article is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF03048176.
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Anantakrishnan, C.P., Venkataraman, P.R. The chemistry of garlic (Allium sativum L.). Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 12, 277–282 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03049112
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