In vitro Antimicrobial Evaluation of Zingiber officinale, Curcuma longa and Alpinia galanga Extracts as Natural Food Preservatives

Sunilson, J. Anbu Jeba; Suraj, R.; Rejitha, G.; Anandarajagopal, K.; Kumari, Anita; Promwichit, P.

doi:10.3923/ajft.2009.192.200

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“…Previous studies showed the similar results up to some extent (Ahmad and Beg, 2001;Arora and Kaur, 1999;Sofia et al, 2007;Shan et al, 2007;Sunilson et al, 2009;Weerakkody et al, 2010;Negi, 2012). In literature, various studies have been published on the antimicrobial activities of plant extracts against different microorganisms.…”

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confidence: 61%

“…Herbs and spices are used as one of the safest and effective remedies in curing various diseases and long term consumption is not known to produce any side effects. They do not exhibit toxicity at levels consumed (Sunilson et al, 2009). National food standard agencies of various countries, US Food (2000) and Murthy et al (2009) Fssai: Food safety and standards authority of India, GRAS: Generally recognized as safety, CFR: Title 21 of the US code of federal regulations…”

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confidence: 99%

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Comparative Evaluation of Antimicrobial Activities of Commonly Used Indian Spices Against Microbes Associated with Juices

Dhiman¹,

Aggarwal²,

Kaur³

2015

Research J. of Microbiology

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In this study, comparison of the antimicrobial activities of various extracts of commonly used Indian spices against microbes associated with juices such as Bacillus cereus, Serratia and Rhodotorula mucilaginosa by agar well diffusion method and Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC)/Minimum Bactericidal Concentration (MBC) values were determined through the macrodilution broth method. Different extraction solvent such as acetone, methanol, ethanol and aqueous (hot and cold) were used. The type of solvent has great influenced on the antimicrobial activity of the spices. In general the spice extracts with antimicrobial activity were more effective against gram positive than gram negative bacteria and yeast. Methanol extract of Syzygium aromaticum showed greater diameter zone of inhibition against B. cereus followed by methanolic extract of Cinnamomum tamala. This study has demonstrated that extracts of spices have potential antimicrobial activity against microbes associated with juices. These findings established the potential of selected extracts of spices as effective natural food preservative in juices.

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confidence: 61%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Comparative Evaluation of Antimicrobial Activities of Commonly Used Indian Spices Against Microbes Associated with Juices

Dhiman¹,

Aggarwal²,

Kaur³

2015

Research J. of Microbiology

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“…Additionally, this plant part is also used for its carminative properties (MRD, 1998). Previous studies have demonstrated that various extracts from the rhizome of this species exhibited a broad spectrum of antibacterial activity against Gram-positive bacteria (Burt, 2004;Sunilson et al, 2009). A diverse group of antibacterial agents had been isolated from this species comprising of terpenoids, flavonoids, and coumarin derivatives (Verma et al, 2011).…”

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Anti-Streptococcus mutansefficacy of Thai herbal formula used as a remedy for dental caries

Joycharat¹,

Limsuwan²,

Subhadhirasakul³

et al. 2012

Pharmaceutical Biology

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“…The antimicrobial activity of the purified compounds (Bhilabutra et al, 2007;Ahamed et al, 2007 andGhani et al, 2012) was determined by the disc diffusion method (Sunilson et al, 2009). The bacterial strains were collected as pure cultures from the Institute of Nutrition and Food Science (INFS), University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.…”

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Review on Chemistry and Bioactivities of Secondary Metabolites from Some Medicinal Plants and Microbes of Bangladesh

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Plants and microorganisms, being the major source of many drugs, have attracted scientists from ancient times. However, until recently an insignificant part of the plants and some microorganisms have scientifically been evaluated for their medicinal values. The present study was undertaken to discover new drug candidates from natural sources. Extensive chemical studies with 60 medicinal plants and several microbial strains of Bangladesh have resulted in the isolation and characterization of 150 compounds, including 50 new molecules. Terpenoids and alkaloids were the major constituents among the isolated compounds. The crude extractives and several purified molecules demonstrated statistically significant inhibition of growth of microorganisms, antioxidant, antidiabetic and HIV-inhibitory activities. Usnic acid, a lead compound isolated from the lichen, Parmelia kamtschandalis, showed potent antimicrobial activity, whereas dehydroaltenusin obtained from a Streptomyces sp. exhibited significant HIV-inhibitory effects.

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In vitro Antimicrobial Evaluation of Zingiber officinale, Curcuma longa and Alpinia galanga Extracts as Natural Food Preservatives

Cited by 64 publications

References 19 publications

Comparative Evaluation of Antimicrobial Activities of Commonly Used Indian Spices Against Microbes Associated with Juices

Comparative Evaluation of Antimicrobial Activities of Commonly Used Indian Spices Against Microbes Associated with Juices

Anti-Streptococcus mutansefficacy of Thai herbal formula used as a remedy for dental caries

Review on Chemistry and Bioactivities of Secondary Metabolites from Some Medicinal Plants and Microbes of Bangladesh

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