Corn is a major cereal crop used in starch and corn syrup production industry (Rausch, Thompson, Belyea, & Tumbleson, 2003). The worldwide corn production in 2017-2018 was 1.09 billion tons and it has been predicted that the production will be 1.1 billion tons in 2019-2020 (International Grains Council Report, 2020). Because, 9.9% of the worldwide total corn usage comprises for food and seed industry and also 39.3% for feed and residuals, such a large production amount in the world, it necessitates further care to corn from the point of food and feed safety view (World of Corn Brochure-NCGA, 2020). Corn starch (CS) is the product of greatest interest in corn wet-milling industry and is sometimes referred to as the prime product while corn gluten, germ, fiber, and steepwater are termed as co-products (Malumba et al.,

Ekstraktların antibakteriyel aktivitesinin belirlenmesinde disk difüzyon metodu kullanılmıştır. Meyve kabuk ekstraktlarının meydana getirdiği en yüksek inhibisyon zon çaplarının (18-30 mm) S. aureus ve S. epidermidis bakterilerine karşı olduğu gözlenmiştir. Viridans streptokoklardan Streptococcus mitis bakterisine karşı bitkinin antibakteriyel etkisinin olduğu ilk kez bu çalışmada belirlenmiştir.