Abstract: Plant and their derived products have been used as a medicine for several centuries. In ancient Indian medicine system, Ginger (Zingiber officinale) and many other plants also used as medicine. In this study the antimicrobial activity of the ethanol extract of ginger root was tested against six standard bacteria: Klebsiella pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus, Proteus vulgaris, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella enterica ser. Typhi and Escherichia coli by agar well method. In agar well method ethanol ginger extract showed maximum zone of inhibition against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and minimum zone inhibition observed in K. pneumoniae. From these results we can conclude that ethanolic extract of ginger showed potential antibacterial activity against pathogenic bacteria, it can be used as a conventional medicine against these bacteria after proper validation.
Keywords: Ginger (Zingiber officinale), ethanol extract, Zone of inhibition (ZOI), and agar well method.
Title: Antimicrobial activity of ginger root extracts against human pathogenic bacteria
Author: Dr. Swamy CT, Vinay Kumar PG, Dr. Varunakumara JB
International Journal of Life Sciences Research
ISSN 2348-313X (Print), ISSN 2348-3148 (online)
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