TY  - JOUR
T1  - Screening of Zingiberaceae extracts for antimicrobial and antioxidant activities
A1  - Mohamad, Habsah
LA  - English
LA  - English
PB  - Elsevier
YR  - 2000
UL  - http://discoverylib.upm.edu.my/discovery/Record/oai:psasir.upm.edu.my:40312
AB  - 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 very potent antifungal activity against only Aspergillus ochraceous (MID, 15.6 μg per disc). All the extracts showed strong antioxidant activity comparable with or higher that of α-tocopherol.
ER  -