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<Journal>
<Journal-Info>
<name>International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences</name>
<website>ijpbs.net</website>
<email>editorijpbs@rediffmail.com (or) editorofijpbs@yahoo.com (or) prasmol@rediffmail.com</email>
</Journal-Info>
<article>
<article-id pub-id-type='other'>10.22376/ijpbs.2019.10.1.p1-12</article-id>
<issue_number>Volume 4 Issue 2</issue_number>
<issue_period>2013 (April - June)</issue_period>
<title>ANTIMICROBIAL STUDIES OF ALLICIN AND AJOENE </title>
<abstract>Garlic(. lessThan i greaterThan allium sativum)  lessThan /i greaterThan has been shown to inhibit the growth of variety of microorganisms.The antimicrobial activity of garlic is believed to be due to the effect of allicin and ajoene.The transformation of allicin to ajoene is summarized. The broad spectrum antimicrobial effects of allicin and ajoene are due to the multiple inhibitory effects on various thiol dependent enzymatic systems.. The antimicrobial activity of different concentration of allicin and ajoene were measured by determining the growth of test fungus and bacteria by dry weight increased method and by agar diffusion method against  lessThan i greaterThan Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus niger,Cryptococcus neoformons  lessThan /i greaterThan and  lessThan i greaterThan Alternaria alternate lessThan /i greaterThan  fungi. lessThan i greaterThan Streproproteus, Staphylococcus lessThan /i greaterThan  &amp;  lessThan i greaterThan E.Coli lessThan /i greaterThan  bacteria. The results indicate that ajoene has more antimicrobial as compare to allicin. The activity index for different microbes have also been calculated.</abstract>
<authors>F.REHMAN AND SAMYA MAIRAJ</authors>
<keywords>allium sativum,A.I.,antimicrobial activity,Richardâ€™s liquid medium</keywords>
<pages>1095-1105</pages>
</article>
</Journal>
