Anti-Bacterial Effect of Water Iraqi Ginger Extract on Staphylococcus and Streptococcus Khudaier Amaal M.1,*, Al-Sabbagh Juman Khaleel2, Albozachri Jassim M. Khalaf2 1College AL-Safwa University, Kerbala, Iraq 2College of Veterinary Medicine, Kerbala University, Kerbala, Iraq *Corresponding author: Amaal M. Khudaier. College AL-Safwa University, Kerbala, Iraq
Online published on 27 November, 2019. Abstract The ginger rhizomes were washed with clean sterile distilled water and allowed to air-dry for one hour, then the outer covering of the ginger were manually peeled off and the ginger was washed again than 20g of fresh ginger rhizomes were blended into fine powder and soaked in 100ml of distilled water for 24 hr. The pulp obtained was left in a clean, sterile glass container and shaken at 150 rpm for 8 hr vigorously to allow for proper extraction and it was filtered using asterile muslin cloth. The first step is to prepare stock solution by weighing 40 mg from the dry extract and dissolving in 1 ml of water to obtain the 5% (50 mg/ml) in stock solution. The antibacterial activity of ginger extract was showed a highly significant activity against the Staphylococcus. It was record as 36 mm inhibition for Staphylococcus of 100mg/ml concentration. While in 50mg/ml and 40mg/ml concentration were record 32mm and 30mm inhibition for Staphylococcus respectively on the muller hinton agar. The antibacterial activity of ginger extract was showed a highly significant activity against the Streptococcus. It was record as 30 mm inhibition for Streptococcus of 100mg/ml concentration. Top Keywords Anti-Bacterial, Water, Ginger, Staphylococcus, Streptococcus. Top |