%0 Journal Article
%T Antibacterial activity of extracts of Citrus, Allium and Punica against food borne spoilage
%A Alpika Verma
%A Rachana Singh
%A Rajesh K Tiwari
%A Vipul Verma
%J -
%D 2012
%X The aim of the current study is to isolate the bacteria from the spoiled food, identify them on the basis of their morphology and properties & then check their inhibition from the plant extracts prepared from three plants namely Citrus limon, Allium sativum & Punica granatum. Food Poisoning is an illness which can be fatal to the one who consumes spoiled food & can also have serious consequences. The toxins produced by the microbes affect the host even after the microbes are dead. On the basis of morphology cocci & rod were present in the samples. Both gram positive & negative bacteria were identified along with some spore forming bacteria. There was a mixed population of aerobes & anaerobes. All the plant extracts showed activity against the microbes but the extract from Punica granatum were the most versatile. The concentration of the plant extracts was found to be 500mg/ml
%K Vipul Verma
%K Rachana Singh*
%K Rajesh K Tiwari
%K Navneet Srivastava and Alpika Verma
%K Citrus limon
%K Allium sativum & Punica granatum
%K food poisoning
%K plant extract
%K bacteria
%U https://www.imedpub.com/abstract/antibacterial-activity-of-extracts-of-citrus-allium--punica-against-food-borne-spoilage-13585.html