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http://dx.doi.org/10.3746/jfn.2002.7.4.386

Screening of Korean Traditional Medicines and Medicinal Herbs for Antimicrobial Activity Against Pathogenic Bacteria  

Kim, Yun-Jin (R&D, Nexus Technologies Co. Ltd.)
Park, One-Kyun (R&D, Nexus Technologies Co. Ltd.)
Kim, Yong-Seong (Divisiton of Chemical Engineering, Kyungnam University)
Kim, Hong-Kyoon (College of Oriental Medicine, Sumyung University)
Kim, Wan-Hee (College of Oriental Medicine, Kyunghee University)
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Preventive Nutrition and Food Science / v.7, no.4, 2002 , pp. 386-396 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study screened 76 Korean traditional patent medicines and 58 medicinal herbs for antimicrobial activity against pathogenic bacteria. Among the prescriptions methanol and hot water extracts of Samsoum, Chujunghwang-yont'ang, and Sashinhwan showed antimicrobial activities against E. coli and Chujunghwang-yont'ang showed the strongest antimicrobial activity. Among the medicinal herbs, hot water and methanol extracts of Terminalia chebula, Caesalpinia sappan, and Coptis chinensis showed the strongest antimicrobial activities against Escherichia coli O157, Staphylococcus aureus, Shigella flexnery, Shigella sonnei and Salmonella typhimurium. An interesting characteristic of the traditional medicines such as Samsoum, Chujunghwang-yont'ang, and Sashinhwan was that both methanol and hot water extracts were active. Chujunghwang-yont'ang exhibited the strongest antimicrobial activities against the microorganisms tested. Water and methanol extracts of Terminalia chebula, Caesalpinia sappan, and Coptis chinensis showed the strong of inhibitory effects on the growth of all microorganisms tested.
Keywords
antimicrobial activity; Korean medicinal herbs;
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