Antibacterial activity of spices and herbal extracts against egg bacteria

Author: 
Kanchana, D. and Pratheep, S.
Abstract: 

The effect of extract prepared from plant dried clove, garlic, ginger, pepper, thuthuvalai has been tested for their antibacterial activity against Pseudomonas sp. & Bacillus sp. The evaluation of antimicrobial activity of various plant extracts was carried out with crude aqueous acetone and methanol extracts. In this work, garlic extract was found to be effective against egg bacteria and results indicate that when plant extracts was prepared with distilled water, it shows lower zone of inhibition than with acetone and methanol extracts.

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