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Journal : Microbiology Indonesia

Antimicrobial Activity of Black Cumin Extracts (Nigella sativa) Against Food Pathogenic and Spoilage Bacteria SEDARNAWATI YASNI; ELVIRA SYAMSIR; EVA H DIREJA
Microbiology Indonesia Vol. 3 No. 3 (2009): December 2009
Publisher : Indonesian Society for microbiology

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This study aimed to analyze the antimicrobial activity of black cumin (Nigella sativa) extracts in inhibiting the growth of pathogenic and spoilage bacteria. Black cumin was extracted by using steam distillation, single solvent extraction, and continuous solvent extraction. Ethanol extract was the best extract in inhibiting the growth of bacteria while both aqueous and hexane extracts were less effective as antimicrobial agents. Ethanol extract, essential oil, and ethyl acetate extract have a broad antimicrobial spectrum. The chemical composition of the essential oil was analyzed using a GC-MS technique. The major component of black cumin essential oil was para-cymene, followed by trans-anethole, alloaromadendrene, á-thujene, and thujyl alcohol along with many other components in minor amounts. The Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) value ofethanol extract in inhibiting the growth of Salmonella typhimurium was 0.084% (w/w), of essential oil in inhibiting the growth of Bacillus cereus was 1.72% (w/w), of ethyl acetate extract in inhibiting the growth of Staphylococcus aureus was 1.88% (w/w) and of methanol extract in inhibiting the growth of Pseudomonas aeruginosa was 1.88% (w/w).
Antiphatogenic and Anti Food Spoilage Activities of Ethylacetate and Methanol Extract of Panax ginseng var. Notoginseng SEDARNAWATI YASNI
Microbiology Indonesia Vol. 1 No. 2 (2007): August 2007
Publisher : Indonesian Society for microbiology

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Javanese ginseng is a traditional herb known to possess broad health benefits that have been clinically proven. The aim of this research was to analyze the antimicrobial activity of Javanese ginseng against pathogenic bacteria (Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhimurium, Bacillus cereus, Staphylococcus aureus), food spoilage bacteria (Bacillus stearothermophilus and Pseudomonas fluorescens) and food spoilage fungi (Aspergillus flavus, Fusarium graminearum, and Penicillium citrinum). The result may increase the utilization of ginseng not only for health purposes but also as a natural food preservative. It may also open new possibilities for the development of natural functional foods. Ethylacetate and methanol extracts, obtained by maceration, were fractionated employing vacuum liquid chromatography (VLC). Fractionation using methanol and ethylacetate as solvents produced six fractions from each solvent. Fractions 1 and 4 of methanol extract performed the highest growth inhibitory effects on Bacillus cereus (Gram-positive bacteria) and Escherichia coli (Gram-negative bacteria), whereas fractions 4 and fraction 5 of methanol extract effectively inhibited the growth of Penicillium citrinum.