Antibacterial activity of Allium sativum (garlic), Zingiber officinale (ginger) and Piper nigrum (pepper) extracts has been evaluated against Klebsiella pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus, Morganella morgani, Candida albicans, Escherichia coli and Proteus vulgaris. Among ten extracts evaluated for antimicrobial activity garlic extract showed excellent antibacterial activity against P. vulgaris and M. morgani and the garlic extracts showed excellent antimicrobial activity against almost of all pathogens tested. The ginger extract, however, showed only a moderate antimicrobial activity against P. aureus, whereas the pepper extract showed the least activity against the test organisms.
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