BROAD SPECTRUM OF ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITIES

Perhaps, allicin’s most important power in our modern age of antibiotic-resistant germs and ever-new microbial diseases (SARS, flesh-eating Streptococcus, West Nile encephalitis virus, AIDS, etc.) is its amazingly broad-spectrum of anti-microbial activity. In their 1999 review of allicin anti-microbial activities, Ankri and Mirelman reported evidences of anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, anti-parasite, anti-viral activity in allicin.

Anti-bacterial Activity | Anti-fungal Activity | Anti-parasitic Activity | Anti-viral Activity |


Anti-fungal Activity of Allicin

Definition: Antifungal activity refers to the substance that fight fungal infections such as athlete's foot, ringworm and candidiasis (thrush), as well as serious systemic infections like cryptococcal meningitis.