AU - Imanifouladi, Abbasali AU - Sattari, Morteza AU - Ghazisaiedi, Kioomars TI - Effect of Garlic Extract on Mycobacterium tuberculosis PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE TA - umsha JN - umsha VO - 9 VI - 3 IP - 3 4099 - http://sjh.umsha.ac.ir/article-1-767-en.html 4100 - http://sjh.umsha.ac.ir/article-1-767-en.pdf SO - umsha 3 ABĀ  - This study assesses the antimicrobial effect of chloroformic extract of garlic (Allicin) on strains of mycobacterium tuberculosis. A standard H37RV isolate and isolates from patients with drug resistant pulmonary tuberculosis were used. A strain sensitive to 4 drugs (rifampin, isoniazid, ethambutol, and streptomycin), resistant to the four drugs, resistant to two drugs, and a strain resistant to one drug, were used. The antimicrobial effect was tested invitro with minimum inhibitory concentrations of the chloroformic extract of garlic on the mycobacteria. Middel Broke 7H10 agar medium with 1:128 dilution or 1mg/ml concentrations of chloroformic extract of garlic were used. Our study showed that garlic extract is effective in inhibiting growth of not only drug sensitive, but also drug resistant isolates of mycobacterium tuberculosis . CP - IRAN IN - LG - eng PB - umsha PG - 0 PT - Original YR - 2002