antibacterial activity especially in inhibiting the
growth of S. mutans and S. enterica. This is
supported by the activity of compound successfully
isolated from the fruit of E. elatior which is vanilic
acid that has inhibition zone (mm) against S. mutans
and S. enterica are 3.46±0.25 and 3.80±0.30,
respectively. The data are references where the
methanol extracts of E. elatior fruits can be
developed into a mouthwash or toothpaste and anti-
salmonellosis diseases herbals.
4 CONCLUSION
Vanilic acid and p-hydroxybenzoic acid have been
isolated and identified from the methanol extract of
E. elatior fruits.. Of these, vanilic acid is firstly
isolated from the genus Etlingera. On biological
activities, potency of the crude methanol extracts as
an antibacterial agent was especially toward S.
mutans and S. enterica supported by the activity of
vanilic acid.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We would like to thank to Ministry of Research,
Science, Technology and Higher Education of
Republic of Indonesia for a research grant scheme
‘Hibah Penelitian Kompetensi” 2018 for the
financial support.
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