Study on Antimicrobial Activities of 33 Herbal and Edible Spice plants
[Objective] The aim of this paper was to study the antimicrobial activities of 33 herbal and edible spice plants, to provide the theoretic references for further exploiting plant fungicides. [Method] The antimicrobial activities of the ethanol extracts from 33 edible spice plants against Trichoderma viride, Aspergillum flavus, Aspergillum niger and Escherichia coli were studied in vitro using Method of punching. [Result] The Results showed that the zones of inhibition of ethanol extracts of Cinnamomum cussia Prel, Aucklandia lappa Decne and Kaempferia galanga L. were all more than 3 cm when the mass concentration was 50 mg/ml. Several kinds of edible spice plants such as Lysimachia. capillipes Hemsl, Piper nigrum L. and Zanthoxylum bungeanum had inhibitory activities on Escherichia coli. [Conclusion] Aucklandia lappa Decne and Kaempferia galanga L. deserve further research and development.