Antibacterial and Anticandidal Effect of Aqueous Extract of Garlic on the Growth of Mixed Cultures and the Anticandidal and Platelet Activity of Commercial Preparations of Garlic

Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 193-199

  Elsom, Giles K ^a   Freeman, Julia A ^a   Hide, Denis ^a   Salmon, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anticandidal; Antiplatelet; Aqueous extract of garlic; Commercial preparations of garlic; Microbial flora; Mixed culture; Probiotic

Indexed keywords

GARLIC EXTRACT; THIOSULFINIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGUS GROWTH; GARLIC; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PASTE; PILL; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TABLET; TABLET FORMULATION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTE FUNCTION;

ALLIUM SATIVUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS;

EID: 1542378772     PISSN: 0891060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08910600410024816     Document Type: Article

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