EVALUATION OF Zingiber officinae Rosc. EXTRACTS AGAINSTPATHOGENIC BACTERIA

Maysson    Albayati; Abdul-latif    Jawad; Marwa   Khudir

doi:10.24996/ijs.2010.51.3.%g

Authors

Maysson Albayati Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Baghdad. Baghdad-Iraq.
Abdul-latif Jawad Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Baghdad. Baghdad-Iraq.
Marwa Khudir Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Baghdad. Baghdad-Iraq.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24996/ijs.2010.51.3.%25g

Keywords:

EXTRACTS, AGAINSTPATHOGENIC

Abstract

This research has been performed to assess the antibacterial efficiencies of the
crude extracts of dried rhizome powder of Zingiber officinale plant. These extracts
were obtained by using different organic solvents and water.
Results revealed that diethylether and ethanolic extracts have shown an inhibitory
action upon both Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria in concentrations
between (10–100) mg/ml.
Cold water extracts showed higher inhibitory activity than that of the hot water
extract. These results obtained by using the well diffusion method. In addition all
these results were comparised with some classical antibiotics such as Erythromycin,
Amoxycillin, Ampicillin and others. The extracts showed higher inhibitory activity
than these antibiotics were used except the extract which was obtained by hot water.