From:  Nutritional prospects of wheatgrass (Triticum aestivum) and its effects in treatment and chemoprevention

The potency of wheatgrass against microbes

ActivityPotent against organismReference
Anti-bacterialBacillus cereus
Staphylococcus aureus
Escherichia coli
Shigella flexneri		[21]
Anti-microbialEscherichia coli MTCC 729
Staphylococcus aureus MTCC 96
Yersinia enterocolitica MTCC 859
Listeria monocytogenes MTCC 1143		[12, 22]
Anti-fungalAspergillus niger
Candida albicans
Aspergillus flavus
Trichoderma viride
[4, 12, 23]
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