MAPK8 and cancer: Other garlic polysulfanes namely S-alylmercaptocysteine (SAMC) [26], diallyl disulfide (DADS) [27], diallyl trisulfide (DATS) [28] and dialyl tetrasulfide (DAS4) [29] have all been shown to also activate the JNK pathway in a range of different cancer cell lines.