**4. Conclusions**

Garlic has been considered a source of highly promising functional foods and traditional herbal medicine for millennia. Overall, garlic is an excellent natural source of bioactive sulfur-containing compounds and has promising applications in the development of functional foods and for the prevention and treatment of some diseases. Garlic (*A. sativum* L.,) is most important vegetable in agriculture, food industry, and gastronomy that has been widely utilized as flavoring, culinary, and in herbal remedies and seasoning. The consumption of traditional plants, especially garlic has progressively increased worldwide because of their great effectiveness, fewer side effects, and relatively low cost. Garlic is well known to contain various phytochemicals. These compound play key role in maintaining human health and having potential to reduce many diseases. It has distinct nutritional profile with special reference to its various bioactive components that can be used in different diet-based therapies to cure various life-style related disorders and also in developing of foods with added values.
