Zingiber Officinale : Chemical and phytochemical screening and evaluation ofits antimicrobial activities

Abstract

Zingiber Officinale is a common condiment for various foods and beverag es and a long history of important Traditional Medicine herb for the treatment of stom ach disorders . The constituents present in ginger have potent antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities. The sdeals with antimicrobial activity of Zingiber Officinale (ZO) extract and their phytochemical composition. Phytoc hemical screening revealed the presence of alkaloid s, saponins, tannins, flavonoids, terpenoid and phlobotannins i n both the extracts. The GO extracts were obtained by sokhlet apparatus and their chemical profile was determined through GC and GC-MS analysis resulted in the identification of 40 compounds in methanolic and 32 compounds in e thanolic extract. Their antimicrobial activity was tested against nine microorganisms that cause various dise ases in human. Zingiber extracts showed selective antimicrobial activities.