How Does Garlic Decreases The Growth Of Bacteria Substantially?
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My hypothesis was that garlic decreases the growth of bacteria substantially, which my experiment and results have proven to be correct. In order to prove my hypothesis correct, I carried out an experiment where I grew bacteria on 14 different agar plates and placed garlic on seven of the agar plates and then had no garlic present in the other seven agar plates. All 14 agar plates were kept under the same conditions while the bacteria colony was growing in order to ensure that all factors were kept constant. From the results, it was evidently clear that the size of the bacteria colony of the agar plates without garlic with an average of 115.29 mm² was much greater than the size of the bacteria colony with garlic that …show more content…
All the agar plates with garlic placed onto them did not grow bacteria, apart from plate C thus proving that garlic can be seen as a “Natural Antibiotic” as the garlic did not allow any bacteria to grow in most of the agar plates. Garlic is a natural substance with 0.3-0.5% Allicin (1) and almost 80 sulphur compounds which destroys the growth of micro-organisms. Thus it has also supported Petrovska and Cekovska (1) in saying that an individual has less chance of catching a bacterial infection and that garlic can be seen as a preventative as it did prove to inhibit bacteria in my experiment and bacteria was prevented from growing. However, in my experiment the garlic was not tested orally and thus this also supports the NYU Langone medical centres (2) statement in saying that garlic is more of an antiseptic rather than an oral …show more content…
Such as; learning how to create my own experiment and then to carry it out, learning how to work with apparatus and then applying my knowledge to analyse my results. I will use these skills in the future when I go to tertiary education as it will help me analyse results in a more critical manner. This task has also extended my knowledge of the benefits of garlic and has made me more aware of alternate remedies, from now on I will try to use garlic as much as possible. I have definitely grown through this process as it has shown and taught me how to manage my time
My hypothesis was that garlic decreases the growth of bacteria substantially, which my experiment and results have proven to be correct. In order to prove my hypothesis correct, I carried out an experiment where I grew bacteria on 14 different agar plates and placed garlic on seven of the agar plates and then had no garlic present in the other seven agar plates. All 14 agar plates were kept under the same conditions while the bacteria colony was growing in order to ensure that all factors were kept constant. From the results, it was evidently clear that the size of the bacteria colony of the agar plates without garlic with an average of 115.29 mm² was much greater than the size of the bacteria colony with garlic that …show more content…
All the agar plates with garlic placed onto them did not grow bacteria, apart from plate C thus proving that garlic can be seen as a “Natural Antibiotic” as the garlic did not allow any bacteria to grow in most of the agar plates. Garlic is a natural substance with 0.3-0.5% Allicin (1) and almost 80 sulphur compounds which destroys the growth of micro-organisms. Thus it has also supported Petrovska and Cekovska (1) in saying that an individual has less chance of catching a bacterial infection and that garlic can be seen as a preventative as it did prove to inhibit bacteria in my experiment and bacteria was prevented from growing. However, in my experiment the garlic was not tested orally and thus this also supports the NYU Langone medical centres (2) statement in saying that garlic is more of an antiseptic rather than an oral …show more content…
Such as; learning how to create my own experiment and then to carry it out, learning how to work with apparatus and then applying my knowledge to analyse my results. I will use these skills in the future when I go to tertiary education as it will help me analyse results in a more critical manner. This task has also extended my knowledge of the benefits of garlic and has made me more aware of alternate remedies, from now on I will try to use garlic as much as possible. I have definitely grown through this process as it has shown and taught me how to manage my time