Screening of Zingiberaceae extracts for antimicrobial and antioxidant activities

Dichloromethane and methanol extracts of 13 Zingiberaceae species from the Alpinia, Costus and Zingiber genera were screened for antimicrobial and antioxidant activities. The antimicrobial activity of most of the extracts was antibacterial with only the methanol extract of Costus discolor showing ve...

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Main Authors: Mohamad, Habsah, Amran, Mugahed, Mohamed Mackeen, Muhammad Mukram, Lajis, Nordin, Kikuzaki, Hiroe, Nakatani, Nobuji, A. Rahman, A., Ghafar, Ali, Abdul Manaf
Format: Article
Language:English
English
Published: Elsevier 2000
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40312/1/Screening%20of%20Zingiberaceae%20extracts%20for%20antimicrobial%20and%20antioxidant%20activities.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40312/7/1-s2.0-S0378874100002233-main.pdf