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Antimicrobial Activity of Korean Medicinal Plants and Herbal Formulations  

Bhatt, Lok-Ranjan (Department of Herbal Resources, Professional Graduate School of Oriental Medicine, Wonkwang University)
Woo, Shin-Sun (Department of Herbal Resources, Professional Graduate School of Oriental Medicine, Wonkwang University)
Yu, Byung-Soo (Division of Nanobiochemistry, Wonkwang University)
Baek, Seung-Hwa (Department of Herbal Resources, Professional Graduate School of Oriental Medicine, Wonkwang University)
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Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine / v.21, no.3, 2007 , pp. 755-759 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, we screened twenty four extracts of eight medicinal plants and three extracts of the commercial product for their antimicrobial and antioxidant properties. Ethanol and ethyl acetate extracts were found active where as aqueous extracts were little or no active. Extracts of Sophora flavescens, Salvia miltlorrhiza and Glycyrrhiza uralensis showed strong activity againsttested organisms and could be the potential antimicrobial agent. The increase of antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of formulations might be due to synergic effect. The results also indicated that the activity of bamboo salt and herbal products can be enhanced by making appropriate formulations.
Keywords
Antimicrobial activity; antioxidant activity; bamboo salt; herbal products;
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