Abstract

• The medicinal plant Kaempferia galanga L.is locally known as kun-sar-gamone belonging to the family Zingiberaceae collected from ka-wa Township, Bago Region. Preliminary phytochemical tests, physicochemical properties and elemental analysis were carried out by using the powdered samples of the rhizomes. According to the physicochemical properties, the samples were more soluble in water than the other solvents. In the result of elemental analysis, the concentration of arsenic was found to be 0.00009%. The concentration of elements were studied by using Atomic Absorption Spectrometer (AAS) at Universities Research Centre (URC). In addition, nutritional values of the rhizomes were examined at the Food Industries Development Supporting Laboratory (FIDSL). Fats, fibers, proteins and carbohydrates were observed as nutritional contents. High content of carbohydrate was also found. Antimicrobial activities of various solvent extracts of rhizomes from Kaempferia galanga L. were investigated at Pharmaceutical Research Department (PRD) by using agar-well diffusion method with nine pathogenic microorganisms. Ethylacetate extract showed that most significant activity against E.coli and Proteus mirabilis.