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Antimicrobial and Antitumor Activities of Seed Extracts of Camellia sinensis L.  

Yoon, Won-Ho (Department of Food Science and Technology, Seoil College)
Choi, Jae-Hoon (Animal Resources Research Center, Konkuk University)
Lee, Keyong-Ho (Kolon Central Research Park)
Kim, Chang-Han (Animal Resources Research Center, Konkuk University)
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Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology / v.37, no.1, 2005 , pp. 108-112 More about this Journal
Abstract
Antimicrobial and antitumor activities of Camellia sinensis L seed extracts were investigated. Seed extracts showed antifungal activities against Candida albicans IFO 1594 and Cryptococcus neoformans. Inhibition zone of 20 mm was shown by 70% ethanol extract against C. albicans IFO 1594 at 100 mg/mL. Antifungal activity of seed extract was not decreased by heating at 80 and $100^{\circ}C$ for 30 min or at $121^{\circ}C$ for 15 min, indicating heat-stability of seed component. Growth-inhibitory effects were observed in 70 and 10% of tumor cell line SK-OV-3 and normal ceil line NIH/3T3 at $50{\mu}g/mL$, respectively.
Keywords
antimicrobial activity; antitumor activity; Camellia sinensis L.; seed;
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