• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.34 no.10
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• pp.1606-1610
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• 2005

The effects of Whangkumtang extract and Scutellariae radix extract on the microbial growth were investigated. The antimicrobial activities and cell growth inhibiting effects were investigated to selected strains with different concentrations of Whangkmtang and Scutellariae radix extracts. Whangkmtang and Scutellariae radix extracts showed the antimicrobial activities on Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus cereus, Shigella sonnei, Shigella flexneri, Salmonella Typhimurium, Salmonella Enteritidis, Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Escherichia coli O111 and Escherichia coli O126. Whangkumtang and Scutellariae radix extracts did not show the antimicrobial activity on Listeriamonocytogenes. Scutellariae radix extract showed the antimicrobial activity on Escherichia coli O157 but Whangkumtang extract did not, Minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC) of Whangkumtang extract for each strain appeared to 40 mg/mL on Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus cerus, 100 mg/mL on Shigella Flexneri and Salmonella enteritidis. The MICs of Sutellariae radix extract appeared to 10 mg/mL on Bacillus cereus, 20 mg/UL on Staphylococn aureus, Shigellanexneri and Salmonella Enteritidis. Scutellariae radix extract showed the higher antimicrobial activity than Whangkumtang extract. The cell growth inhibitions by Whangkumtang and Scutellariae radix extracts were observed from Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus cereus, repectively, during 48-hr incubation period.