Phytochemical Screening and Antimicrobial activity of Ginger (Zingiba offinales) Extracts on organisms isolated from infant diarrhoea
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This study was conducted to determine the Antimicrobial Activity of Ginger ( Zingiber Officinale ) against organisms isolated from infant diarrhoea. Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli isolates obtained from the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital. The results for ginger extracts were recorded at 62.5mg/ml and 250mg for Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus . MIC values for garlic extract reported for Staphylococcus aureus (250mg/ml) was observed to be higher than that of E.coli (62.5mg/ml) and for ginger extract, value for Staphylococcus aureus (125mg/ml) was also higher than that of Escherichia coli (31.25mg/ml). The MBC values also showed that the cells of Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus were completely killed at 6.25mg/ml and 3.125mg/ml respectively. The study further revealed that inhibition was dose dependent and that ginger has a potential for great use in medicine.
