| Literature DB >> 10996279 |
M Habsah1, M Amran, M M Mackeen, N H Lajis, H Kikuzaki, N Nakatani, A A Rahman, A M Ali.
Abstract
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 microg per disc). All the extracts showed strong antioxidant activity comparable with or higher that of alpha-tocopherol.Entities:
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Year: 2000 PMID: 10996279 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-8741(00)00223-3
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Ethnopharmacol ISSN: 0378-8741 Impact factor: 4.360