application of most antibiotic growth promoters as feed additives has been banned in a lot of countries due to cross-resistance against pathogens and residues in tissues. therefore, scientists are searching for alternatives to antibiotics nowadays. medicinal plant extracts are one of the alternatives that have anti-microbial and growth promoting effect on poultry. in this paper, the benefits of...

The essential oils extracted from the four herbs, cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum), clove (Syzygium aromaticum), ginger (Zingiber officinale) and holy basil (Ocimum sanctum), were investigated for their antimicrobial activity and mode of action against Lactococcus garvieae, a fish pathogenic bacteria causing lactococcosis. Of all the tested oils, clove oil had the strongest inhibitory effect and exh...

The plant family Myrtaceae is a major source of phloroglucinol natural products with potent and varied biological activities [1]. Syzygium is a diverse genus within the family and contains over 1000 rainforest shrub and tree species that occur mainly in South East Asia and Australasia [2]. The importance of this genus is borne out by the many species that are used as foods, medicines, and timbe...

This paper is aimed at evaluating the antioxidant properties of Eugenia Caryophyllata (Syzygium aromaticum), 100% aqueous and 20:80% (water alcohol) for hydroethanolic hydromethanolic extracts were prepared as working solutions studies. About 5 different examinations Syzygium aromaticum (Clove) carried out which include total phenolic content, assay, free radical’s DPPH scavenging activity, hyd...