Antimicrobial activity of zerumbone from zingiber zurumbet against staphylococcus epidermidis and aspergillus spp.

Zingiber zerumbet belongs to the family Zingiberaceae and is generally known as bitter ginger. Zerumbone one of the major compound from Zingiber zerumbet rhizomes. Zerumbone finds its usage in medicinal applications, food flavoring, condiments, fragrances etc. Bioactive compound zerumbone was isolated from the column chromatography eluting with hexane and ethyl acetate mixture varying the polarity. The compound zerumbone exhibited strong antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus epidermidis, moderate activity against Escherichia coli, moderate antifungal activity against Aspergillus oryza and Aspergillus niger.