This research aims at determining the antibacterial and antifungal activity of the Nutmeg fruit
fleshderived oil with some concentration ratios of nutmeg fruit flesh-derived oil to ethanol (1:
0, 1: 1, 1: 2 and 1: 3) and examining the essential oil's inhibiting activity of the growth of
pathogenic bacteria, fooddestroying bacteria and food-destroying fungi. The bacteria tested
include Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli, whereas the fungi tested are
Aspergillus flavus and Fusarium moniliforme. This study employs the agar diffusion and total …