In vitro Antibacterial and Antifungal Activity of Ethanolic Allium tuncelianum Extract

摘要

Allium tuncelianum is an endemic garlic species which is locally rising in Tunceli, Turkey.A. tuncelianum was extracted using ethanol and tested for their inhibitor activity against five Gram positive andfive Gram negative bacteria and six fungal strains were determined by the broth dilution method according toCLSI standards. The ethanol A. tuncelianum extract demonstrated the highest antibacterial activity againstBacillus cereus (12.5mg/ml). However, the ethanol extract at 0.78 mg/ml had high antifungal activity againstMalassezia pachydermatis. According to the results of this study, A. tuncelianum has significant potential asantibacterial and antifungal. But the antifungal activity is stronger than antibacterial activity.