Antifungal effect of aqueous, methanolic and ethanolic extracts of Allium sativum L. on saprophytic, and toxigenic fungi isolated from mayonnaise

For its flavoring, prophylactic, and medicinal qualities, Allium sativum is one of the most common plants used in foods. Food poisoning is caused by fungi that grow on foods. The goal of this study was to see whether Allium sativum extracts had antifungal efficacy against saprophytic and toxigenic fungi isolated from contaminated mayonnaise sauce. The mayonnaise-grown fungi were moved to sabouraud's dextrose agar supplemented with chloramphenicol, and macroscopic and microscopic characteristics were used to identify them. The extracts' inhibitory effects against all of the targeted strains studied in the experiment were measured using disc and well diffusion techniques, as well as the minimum inhibitory concentration of each extract. Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus fumigatus, Penicillium sp., Mucor sp., Rhizopus sp., Cladosporium sp., Fusarium sp., Alternaria sp., and Geotrichum sp. were found. The aqueous extract with the greatest antifungal activity was collected at a concentration of 300 g/ml. Fusarium (33.2 mm) and A. niger (25.2 mm) had the highest and lowest inhibition zones, respectively. Aquatic extract's MIC was estimated to be 350 g/ml for A. niger, A. fumigatus, A. flavus, Mucor sp., Rhizopus sp., Penicillium sp., and Alternaria sp., and 300 g/ml for Cladosporium sp., Fusarium sp., and Geotrichum sp. The MIC of methanol and ethanol extracts was greater than that of aqueous extracts.