At school I experimented to see which plant might kill bacteria. My results showed that garlic worked the best. Can

Question: At school I experimented to see which plant might kill bacteria. My results showed that garlic worked the best. Can you explain why?
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  bacteria,
  experiment,
  school
Asked by anon-218611 to Shannah on 13 Jun 2019.
- Shannah Gates answered on 13 Jun 2019:
  
  Garlic is a really good medicine!!! It is one of the best antibiotics we know. It killls lots of different bacteria and fungi. It contains many different plant compounds that kill the bacteria, one of the main ones is allicin.

Question: At school I experimented to see which plant might kill bacteria. My results showed that garlic worked the best. Can you explain why?