Total antioxidant activity and antimicrobial potency of the essential oil and oleoresin of Zingiber officinale Roscoe
Journal Title: Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease - Year 2014, Vol 4, Issue 1
Abstract
Objective: To compare in vitro antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of the essential oil and oleoresin of Zingiber officinale Roscoe. Methods: The antioxidant activity was evaluated based on the ability of the ginger extracts to scavenge ABTS °+ free radical. The antimicrobial activity was studied by the disc diffusion method and minimal inhibitory concentration was determined by using the agar incorporation method. Results: Ginger extracts exerted significant antioxidant activity and dose-depend effect. In general, oleoresin showed higher antioxidant activity [IC50=(1.820依0.034) mg/mL] when compared to the essential oil [IC50=(110.14依8.44) mg/mL]. In terms of antimicrobial activity, ginger compounds were more effective against Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis and Staphylococcus aureus, and less effective against Bacillus cereus. Aspergillus niger was least, whereas, Penicillium spp. was higher sensitive to the ginger extracts; minimal inhibitory concentrations of the oleoresin and essential oil were 2 mg/mL and 869.2 mg/mL, respectively. Moreover, the studied extracts showed an important antifungal activity against Candida albicans. Conclusions: The study confirms the wide application of ginger oleoresin and essential oil in the treatment of many bacterial and fungal diseases.
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