Antibacterial effects of Zingiber Officinale and Garcinia Kola on respiratory tract pathogens

Antibacterial effects of some Cameroonian medicinal plants against common pathogenic bacteria

“…This suggests that the tube method is preferable when testing fairly complex mixtures such as plant crude extracts. The results obtained by the tube dilution method show that most of the extracts are bacteriostatic with a few having broad spectrum bacteriostatic activity, while a smaller number were bactericidal, and none having broad spectrum bactericidal activity ( Akoachere, 2002). The values we recorded from both methods suggest the extracts have weak antibacterial activity; probably because the extracts being crude contain very small amounts of the bioactive compound(s).…”

Effect of Dietary Supplementation with Ginger and Curcuma on the Immune Response and Certain Egg Quality Traits of White Leghorn Hens

“…These results have been confirmed by using a double immunodeficiency test, As in Fig (1) is the results of the immune response to the birds of ginger powder treatments have improved more than turmeric treatments, also the body immunity was farther enhanced, The active compounds found in ginger play an important role in stimulating the immune system and raising immunity in the body by stimulating the lymphocytes on the antibody production [16]. The presence of some active compounds in ginger as zingibenz, gingerols and shogaol play an important role in stimulating the immune system and raising body's immunity [3] and stimulate the bone marrow to produce white blood cells [7] it is noticed from the table (3) that the treatment A5 superiority on the other treatments is significant in the egg yolk rate, especially after 48 weeks, This may be due to the active compounds in turmeric its curcumin and volatile ails [8] picture, image, illustration. Also contains curcuminoids consisting of demethoxy curcumin and bis demethoxy curcumin, it is responsible for yellow color and is a strong color factor [17] so, turmeric has a great biological effect [8].…”

Recent perspectives on the medicinal potential of ginger

“…16 Ethanol extracts of ginger on Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes have shown the similar effect like that of conventional antibiotics such as chloramphenicol, ampicillin, and tetracycline, 17 and the MIC of the extracts ranged from 0.3 ng/mL to 0.7 µg/mL. 18 Limited synergism capacity between 13 antimicrobial drugs and 8 plant extracts, including ginger, against S. aureus strains was verified by Betoni et al 19 Further, ginger root has been used traditionally for the treatment of gastrointestinal ailments such as motion sickness, dyspepsia, and peptic ulcer disease. Helicobacter pylori is the primary etiological agent associated with these diseases, and the methanol extract of the dried powdered ginger rhizome, fractions of the extract, and the isolated constituents, 6-, 8-, 10-gingerol and 6-shogaol showed inhibitory effect on 19 strains of H. pylori with a MIC range of 6.25-50 µg/mL.…”