Comparison of Antimicrobial Activity of Allium sativum Cloves from China and Taskopru, Turkey

Yetgin A., CANLI K., ALTUNER E. M.

ADVANCES IN PHARMACOLOGICAL SCIENCES, cilt.2018, 2018 (ESCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 2018
  • Basım Tarihi: 2018
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1155/2018/9302840
  • Dergi Adı: ADVANCES IN PHARMACOLOGICAL SCIENCES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In this study, antimicrobial activities of two different samples of Allium sativum L. from Turkey (TR) (Taskopru, Kastamonu, Turkey) and China (CN) were determined. A broad spectrum of Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria (17 bacteria) including species of Bacillus, Enterobacter, Enterococcus, Escherichia, Klebsiella, Listeria, Pseudomonas, Salmonella, and Staphylococcus were used for testing antibacterial activity. In addition, antifungal activity against Candida albicans was also investigated. Antimicrobial activity was tested by using 3 different processes (chopping, freezing, and slicing by the disk diffusion method). The results showed that TR garlic presented more antimicrobial activity than CN garlic. Mechanism of activity of CN garlic could be proposed to be different from that of TR garlic.