| Abstract: | Amniotic fluid samples were obtained from 10 pregnant womenundergoing routine amniocentesis procedure. Approximately 45min prior to the procedure, five of the women ingested placebocapsules, whereas the remaining five ingested capsules containingthe essential oil of garlic. Randomly selected pairs of samples,one from a woman who ingested garlic and the other from a womanwho ingested placebo capsules, were then evaluated by a sensorypanel of adults. The odor of the amniotic fluid obtained fromfour of the five women who had ingested the garlic capsuleswas judged to be stronger or more like garlic than the pairedsamples collected from the women consuming placebo capsules.Thus, garlic ingestion by pregnant women significantly altersthe odor of their amniotic fluid. |
