. 2019 Apr 30;12(4):614–620. doi: 10.14202/vetworld.2019.614-620

Table-3.

Growth of Lactobacillus acidophilus in media enriched with herbal extracts.

Extract	Optical density (655 nm)					Positive control^a	Glucose control^b

	1.56%	3.13%	6.25%	12.5%	25%
Red ginger ethanol extract	0.168±0.002^ab	0.198±0.012^ab	0.237±0.005^ab	0.185±0.017^a	0.135±0.011	0.121±0.006^b	0.163±0.005^a
Wild ginger ethanol extract	0.173±0.003^ab	0.180±0.021^a	0.168±0.008^a	0.162±0.004^a	0.114±0.009^b	0.121±0.006^b	0.163±0.005^a
Wild ginger water extract	0.191±0.006^ab	0.177±0.010^a	0.185±0.005^ab	0.148±0.018^a	0.124±0.012^b	0.121±0.006^b	0.163±0.005^a

Significant difference (p<0.05) between the herbal extract and positive control,

Significant difference (p<0.05) between the herbal extract and glucose control