Antimicrobial properties of allicin from garlic

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 125-129

  Ankri, Serge ^a   Mirelman, David ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Allicin; Alliinase; Antibiotics; Antimicrobials; Garlic; Thiol enzymes

Indexed keywords

ALLICIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; GARLIC EXTRACT;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ALLIUM SATIVUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA ALBICANS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032715514     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1286-4579(99)80003-3     Document Type: Review

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