Published September 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

Effect of Aqueous Garlic Extract (AGE) and gamma irradiation on some Bacterial Strains

  • 1. Botany Department, Facutly of Science, Zagazig University, Zagazig (Egypt)
  • 2. National Center for Radiation Research and technology, A.E.A., Cairo (Egypt)

Description

In the present study the sensitivity of four bacterial strains; Salmonella typhimurium, Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus pumilus were tested towards the antibacterial effect of aqueous garlic extract (AGE) with different concentration. The results indicated that, the Gram positive spore forming strains, Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus pumilus treated with AGE from 0 to 70μ1/m1 were more resistant than Gram negative non-spore forming ones, Salmonella typhimurium and Escherichia coli treated with AGE from 0 to 24 μ1/m1. The effect of AGE treatment on the radiosensitivity of the tested bacterial strains showed that, AGE treatment before γ-irradiation induced a higher protection than treatment immediately after γ-irradiation. The ultrastructure configuration of untreated strains, treated with AGE or irradiation and combination between AGE and Irradiation, were investigated using transmission electron microscope (TEM). The results indicated that, ultra-structures configuration of the cells treated with AGE before irradiation appeared with less damage than those of cells irradiated without AGE treatment

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Arab Journal Of Nuclear Sciences And Applications
Journal Volume
38
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 215-227
ISSN
1110-0451
CODEN
AJNADV