Antimicrobial activity and chemical composition of essential oil of Malaysian Etlingera elatior (Jack) R.M. Smith flowers

• Main Authors: Darnis, Deny Susanti, Awang, Nurul Aina, Qaralleh, Haitham, Sheikh Mohamed , Hassan Ibrahim, Attoumani, Nissad
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor and Francis Group 2013
• Subjects: QD Chemistry
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/32313/1/Journal_of_Essential_Oil_Bearing_Plants.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/32313/; http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0972060X.2013.793968#preview
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

The composition of the essential oil obtained from the flowers of Etlingera elatior (Jack)R.M. Smith was analysed using GC-MS. The antimicrobial activity of the essential oil was conducted using disc diffusion method,determination of minimum inhibition concentration (MIC) and minimum bactericidal/f...