Antimicrobial Effect of Garlic (Allium sativum)

Abstract

Medicinal plants like pumpkin seed, thyme, onion, Nigella sativa, lemon balm, and stinging nettle are used extensively today. One of these plants used most intensively and widespread is garlic. In this context, fresh shape, powder state and oil of garlic have been used all around the world, especially in Far East for centuries. It is scientifically proven that garlic is effectively used in cardiovascular diseases as a regulator of blood pressure, with dropper effects on glycaemia and high blood cholesterol, against bacterial, viral, mycotic and parasitic infections. It's also known that garlic is a wonderful plant having the properties of empowering immune system, anti-tumour and antioxidant effects. In this article, the summary of properties of garlic and its use against bacterial diseases is given. This article is a short review of recent patents on antimicrobial effect of garlic.

Combined antibacterial activity of stingless bee (Apis mellipodae) honey and garlic (Allium sativum) extracts against standard and clinical pathogenic bacteria

“…As it is clearly presented and shown in the data for determination of MIC and MBC, synergic antimicrobial action of garlic and A. mellipodae honey mixture may attribute to allicin in garlic, and osmolarity, acidity, hydrogen peroxide generation and phytochemical components considered in honey, as reported by Molan [28,29] . Allicin is identified as the oxygenated sulfur compound, thio-2-propene-1-sulfinic acid S-allyl ester, which is generally referred to as allicin [18] .…”

Synergistic antimicrobial activity of crude ethanolic extracts of garlic and neem leaves against bovine mastitis pathogens: an in vitro assay

“…11 Another common traditional medicinal plant is Allium sativum (garlic) which contains an active component called allicin which has significant antimicrobial activity. 12 However, bioactive molecules in plants vary in potency hence efficacy of the extracts obtained also vary in their antibacterial activity. Similarly chances of lack of antibacterial activity by the plant extracts is possible.…”

“…An example is the reported resistance of E. coli against ethanolic extracts from neem leaves. 12 Therefore, synergistic studies of plant extracts to identify a novel combination with much desired efficacy are needed. 8 In this study, the focus was to investigate the influence of synergy of crude ethanolic extracts of garlic (Allium sativum) and Neem (Azadirachta indica) on E. coli and S. aureus major causative agents of bovine mastitis in Kenya.…”

Anti-microbial and Anti-oxidant Activity of Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) Fruit and Watermelon Seed

“…Research into the antioxidant and anti-microbial activity of various common foods has already been conducted; for example, rich sources of proteins, such us; date, grape seed, pumpkin seed, hawthorn and absinthe have been analysed. [2][3][4][5][6] However, the analysis of watermelon fruit and seeds for new anti-microbial agents has not been reported. Therefore, the work presented here is a novel study.…”