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In Vitro Antimicrobial Activity of Spices and Medicinal Herbs against Selected Microbes Associated with Juices
In the present investigation, comparison of antimicrobial activities of different spices, Curcuma longa, Zingiber officinale, and Mentha arvensis, and medicinal herbs, such as Withania somnifera, Rauvolfia serpentina, Emblica officinalis, Terminalia arjuna, and Centella asiatica, was evaluated. Diff...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4736314/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26880927 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9015802 |
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author | Dhiman, Romika Aggarwal, Neeraj Aneja, Kamal Rai Kaur, Manpreet |
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description | In the present investigation, comparison of antimicrobial activities of different spices, Curcuma longa, Zingiber officinale, and Mentha arvensis, and medicinal herbs, such as Withania somnifera, Rauvolfia serpentina, Emblica officinalis, Terminalia arjuna, and Centella asiatica, was evaluated. Different extraction solvents (acetone, methanol, ethanol, and water) were used and extracts were examined against Bacillus cereus, Serratia sp., Rhodotorula mucilaginosa, Aspergillus flavus, and Penicillium citrinum isolated from juices. Extracts from the medicinal herb and spices have significant activity. B. cereus was the most sensitive and R. mucilaginosa was the most resistant among the microorganisms tested. Ethanolic and methanolic extract of C. asiatica displayed maximum diameter of inhibition zone against bacteria and yeast and percentage mycelial inhibition against moulds. This study confirmed the potential of selected extracts of spices as effective natural food preservative in juices. |
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spelling | pubmed-47363142016-02-15 In Vitro Antimicrobial Activity of Spices and Medicinal Herbs against Selected Microbes Associated with Juices Dhiman, Romika Aggarwal, Neeraj Aneja, Kamal Rai Kaur, Manpreet Int J Microbiol Research Article In the present investigation, comparison of antimicrobial activities of different spices, Curcuma longa, Zingiber officinale, and Mentha arvensis, and medicinal herbs, such as Withania somnifera, Rauvolfia serpentina, Emblica officinalis, Terminalia arjuna, and Centella asiatica, was evaluated. Different extraction solvents (acetone, methanol, ethanol, and water) were used and extracts were examined against Bacillus cereus, Serratia sp., Rhodotorula mucilaginosa, Aspergillus flavus, and Penicillium citrinum isolated from juices. Extracts from the medicinal herb and spices have significant activity. B. cereus was the most sensitive and R. mucilaginosa was the most resistant among the microorganisms tested. Ethanolic and methanolic extract of C. asiatica displayed maximum diameter of inhibition zone against bacteria and yeast and percentage mycelial inhibition against moulds. This study confirmed the potential of selected extracts of spices as effective natural food preservative in juices. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016 2016-01-04 /pmc/articles/PMC4736314/ /pubmed/26880927 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9015802 Text en Copyright © 2016 Romika Dhiman et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Dhiman, Romika Aggarwal, Neeraj Aneja, Kamal Rai Kaur, Manpreet In Vitro Antimicrobial Activity of Spices and Medicinal Herbs against Selected Microbes Associated with Juices |
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In Vitro Antimicrobial Activity of Spices and Medicinal Herbs against Selected Microbes Associated with Juices |
title_full |
In Vitro Antimicrobial Activity of Spices and Medicinal Herbs against Selected Microbes Associated with Juices |
title_fullStr |
In Vitro Antimicrobial Activity of Spices and Medicinal Herbs against Selected Microbes Associated with Juices |
title_full_unstemmed |
In Vitro Antimicrobial Activity of Spices and Medicinal Herbs against Selected Microbes Associated with Juices |
title_short |
In Vitro Antimicrobial Activity of Spices and Medicinal Herbs against Selected Microbes Associated with Juices |
title_sort | in vitro antimicrobial activity of spices and medicinal herbs against selected microbes associated with juices |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4736314/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26880927 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9015802 |
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