Antimicrobial Spectrum of Allium Species – A Review
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Onion and garlic are best known for their pungent aromas, but these potent veggies have powerful effects on health and also there is urgent need to identify superior populations, quickly characterize and select elite candidates and breed new varieties for achieving current as well as future food and global health security needs. Hence this review article is focused on the analysis of the biological activity of Allium cepa (onion) and Allium sativum (garlic) to understand the degree and spectrum of bioactivity of these species. Among the onion and garlic, garlic is found to be slightly better species in antimicrobial activity than onion.
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