Comparison of Antimicrobial Activity of Cloves from China and Taşköprü, Turkey.

Abstract

In this study, antimicrobial activities of two different samples of L. from Turkey (TR) (Taşköprü, Kastamonu, Turkey) and China (CN) were determined. A broad spectrum of Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria (17 bacteria) including species of , , , , , , , , and were used for testing antibacterial activity. In addition, antifungal activity against was also investigated. Antimicrobial activity was tested by using 3 different processes (chopping, freezing, and slicing by the disk diffusion method). The results showed that TR garlic presented more antimicrobial activity than CN garlic. Mechanism of activity of CN garlic could be proposed to be different from that of TR garlic.