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Antibacterial and Antioxidative Activities of Epimedium koreanum Nakai Extracts  

Won, Doo Hyun (Department of Fine Chemistry, Nanobiocosmetic Laboratory, and Cosmetic R&D Center, Seoul National University of Science and Technology)
Gu, Hyun A (Department of Fine Chemistry, Nanobiocosmetic Laboratory, and Cosmetic R&D Center, Seoul National University of Science and Technology)
Kim, Hye Jin (Department of Fine Chemistry, Nanobiocosmetic Laboratory, and Cosmetic R&D Center, Seoul National University of Science and Technology)
Han, Saet Byeol (Department of Fine Chemistry, Nanobiocosmetic Laboratory, and Cosmetic R&D Center, Seoul National University of Science and Technology)
Park, Jino (DAEBONG LS)
Park, Soo Nam (Department of Fine Chemistry, Nanobiocosmetic Laboratory, and Cosmetic R&D Center, Seoul National University of Science and Technology)
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Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters / v.41, no.3, 2013 , pp. 284-291 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, the antibacterial and antioxidative activities of Epimedium koreanum Nakai were investigated for applications as cosmetic ingredients. Minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of fraction-bacterium, that showed high antibacterial activity from disc diffusion assay on human skin pathogens, were tested. The ethyl acetate fraction on Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtilis, Propionibacterium acnes and 50% ethanol extract on S. aureus exhibited higher antibacterial activities than methyl paraben, well known as a preservative. The DPPH (1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl) scavenging activities of 3 fractions of E. koreanum Nakai were lower than (+)-${\alpha}$-tocopherol, known as a typical antioxidant. From the results of the scavenging activities of various ROS generated in $Fe^{3+}-EDTA/H_2O_2$ systems ($OSC_{50}$), 50% ethanol extract ($OSC_{50}=2.46{\pm}0.06{\mu}g/ml$) and aglycone fraction ($OSC_{50}=1.45{\pm}0.02{\mu}g/ml$) showed high activities similar to L-ascorbic acid ($OSC_{50}=1.50{\pm}0.85{\mu}g/ml$), used as reference. The cellular protective effects (${\tau}_{50}$) on photohemolysis by $^1O_2$ generated by photosensitization reaction were tested. The cellular protective effect of 50% ethanol extract (${\tau}_{50}=37.0{\pm}0.3$ min) was similar to (+)-${\alpha}$-tocopherol (${\tau}_{50}=38.0{\pm}1.8$ min), used as reference. In particular, the ${\tau}_{50}$ of aglycone fraction results were $165.9{\pm}7.2$ min. This is a high cellular protective effect, more than 4 times that of (+)-${\alpha}$-tocopherol. These results indicate that E. koreanum Nakai extract, and its fractions, could be utilized as a cosmetic ingredient possessing antibacterial and antioxidative activities.
Keywords
Epimedium koreanum Nakai; antibacterial activity; Propionibacterium acnes; antioxidant; cosmetics;
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