• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.114-118
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• 2005

Bacterial disease caused by Aeromonas are among the most common and troublesome diseases of fish raised in aquaculture systems. In this study, some strains identified as belonging to the Aeromonas were isolated from neon tetra (Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi) skin and fin, as well as from water samples. VITEK system and API ZYM examination of the isolated strains were undertaken, and it seemed to correlate with the Aeromonas, proved to be Aeromonas veronii. The antibiotic susceptibility test of isolated strains to different groups of antibiotics was evaluated using the disc diffusion method. Cefixime was the most sensitive antibiotic.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제53권3호
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• pp.193-199
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• 2017

This study was aimed to evaluate the antimicrobial activity of Penicillium purpurogenum ED76 on several clinically important microorganisms. The endophytic fungus P. purpurogenum ED76 was previously isolated from Swietenia macrophylla leaf. The antimicrobial efficacy of P. purpurogenum ED76 dichloromethane extract was determined via disc diffusion and broth microdilution assay. A kill curve study was conducted and the morphology of extract treated bacterial cells were viewed under scanning electron microscope. The dichloromethane extract showed significant inhibitory activity on 4 test bacteria and 2 test yeasts. The minimal inhibitory concentration of the extract ranged from 125 to $1,000{\mu}g/ml$, which indicates the different susceptibility levels of the test microorganisms to the fungal extract. The kill curve study has revealed a concentration-dependent inhibition for all test microorganisms. With the increase of the extract concentration, the microbial growth was significantly reduced. The scanning electron micrograph of dichloromethane extract-treated Staphylococcus aureus cells showed the total damage of the cells. The cell wall invagination of the bacterial cells also indicates the loss of cellular materials and metabolic activity. The gas chromatography mass spectrometry analysis of the extract also showed that the major compound was stigmasterol, which constitutes 45.30% of the total area. The dichloromethane extract of P. purpurogenum ED76 exhibited significant inhibitory activity on several clinically important bacteria and yeasts. The study proposed a possible mode of action that the extract cause significant damage to the morphology of S. aureus cells.

• 한국안광학회지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.69-73
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• 2008

목적: 이 논문은 안질환세균에 대한 도꼬마리 추출물의 항균활성을 알아보아 콘택트렌즈 관리용액에 첨가되어 있는 합성보존제를 대체할 천연 보존제로서의 가능성을 제시하기 위함이다. 방법: 안질환세균에 대한 도꼬마리 추출물의 항균활성은 한천 확산법(agar diffusion test)으로 측정했으며, 항균활성은 종이원반(paper disc) 주위의 선명지대(clear zone)의 생성유무와 선명지대(clear zone)의 크기(mm)로서 알아보았다. 실험에 사용한 세균은 포도상구균 (Staphylococcus)과 녹농균(Pseudomonas)이었다. 결과: Staphylococcus aureus KCCM 40050에 대한 도꼬마리 추출 물 $1000{\mu}g/20{\mu}l$농도의 선명지대는 11.5 mm로 나타났다. 또한 Pseudomonas aeruginosa KCCM 11803 균주에 대한 도꼬마리 추출물 $1000{\mu}g/20{\mu}l$농도의 선명지대는 9.0 mm, Pseudomonas fluorescens KCCM 40223 균주에 대해서는 7.0 mm로 나타났다. 결론: 이 실험을 통해 안질환세균에 대한 도꼬마리 추출물의 항균활성이 입증되었다. 따라서 도꼬마리 추출물이 콘택트렌즈 관리용액에 첨가될 천연 보존제로서의 가치가 충분히 있다고 판단되어진다.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제12권10호
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• pp.477-484
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• 2014

본 연구는 마늘추출물의 병원성 세균에 대한 항균효과를 검증하기 위한 목적으로 시행된 실험연구이다. 항균효과의 대조 항생제로서 Ampicillin $10{\mu}g$(BBL)을 사용하였다. 실험은 2013년 11월과 2014년 1월로 두 차례에 걸쳐 진행하였다. Kirby-Bauer의 disc diffusion method에 따라 감수성을 측정하였고 CLSI에서 제시한 판독기준에 따라 감수성 여부를 판독하였다. 연구결과, 생마늘은 추출법과 관계없이 Ampicillin $10{\mu}g$에 비해 항균효과가 높게 나타났다. 반면 흑마늘은 제조법과 추출방법과 관계없이 4종의 균주에서 저항성을 발현하였다. CLSI의 감수성 판독기준에 따르면 S. aureus와 E. coli에 Ampicillin $10{\mu}g$은 강력한 항균효과를 발현한 반면, 모든 균주들이 흑마늘 추출물에는 저항성을 발현하였다. 다만, 15일의 자연숙성발효한 흑마늘의 에탄올 추출물은 S. aureus와 E. coli에서 성장저지환이 각각 8 mm와 7 mm로 나타나 항균효과의 가능성을 발견하였다는 점에서 본 연구의 의의가 있다하겠다. 향후 마늘의 천연식품보존제 개발 가능성을 검증하기 위해서 흑마늘의 다양한 추출법을 활용한 항균효과에 대한 반복 연구를 제언한다.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.449-455
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 다양한 유래에서 분리한 병원성 세균 S. aureus에 대한 5종의 유기산(acetic, propionic, citric, malic, lactic acid)과 3종의 정유성분(carvacrol, thymol, eugenol) 및 그 밖의 자연유래 항균물질(nisin, cinnamic acid)의 항균효과, 최소저해농도 및 각각의 최소사멸농도를 연구하였으며, 이를 바탕으로 항균물질간의 혼합처리 시 항균효과를 평가함으로써 이와 같은 자연유래 항균물질들의 화학합성 보존제 대체 가능성을 연구하고자 하였다. Agar disc diffusion실험을 통해 propionic acid (1.38 cm) > nisin (1.00 cm) > thymol (0.98 cm) > carvacrol (0.90 cm) 순으로 S. aureus에 대해서 높은 항균력을 나타내었다. 최소저해 농도는 carvacrol (0.06%), thymol (0.06%), nisin (0.06%)이 항균효과가 가장 좋은 것으로 나타났다. 그 이외의 항균물질의 경우 eugenol (0.13%), propionic acid (0.23%), acetic acid (0.38%), citric acid (0.60%), malic acid (1.66%) 순으로 효과가 나타났다. 이를 바탕으로 항균물질간의 혼합 처리시 propionic acid와 citric acid의 결합처리 효과가 가장 높게 나타났다. 자연유래 항균물질은 합성 보존료에 비해 항균활성이 미약해 보존료의 이용이 어렵지만 본 연구결과 자연유래 항균물질들의 혼합처리를 통해 시너지 효과를 알 수 있었다. 따라서 자연유래 항균물질의 혼합처리를 통한 연구가 계속적으로 이루어진다면 인공 합성보존료를 대신하는 천연 보존료의 상업적 이용이 가능할 것으로 사료된다.

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제44권4호
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• pp.185-189
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• 2001

Essential oils of 21 herb plant samples, using spectrophotometric and paper disc agar diffusion methods under anaerobic conditions, were tested in vitro for their growth-inhibiting activities against Bifidobacterium bifidum, B. longum, Lactobacillus casei, Clostridium perfringens, and Escherichia coli. The responses varied with bacterial strains and plant oils. At 10 mg/disk, all essential oils did not inhibit beneficial intestinal bacteria, except for the oil of Alpinia officinarum and Melaleuca alternifolia against L. casei. Due to their strong growth-inhibitory activities against C. perfringens, E. coli, and L. casei, the activites of nine oils were evaluated at low concentrations. In test with C. perfringens at 1 mg/disk, the oils of Amyris balsamifera, Curcuma longa, M. alternifolia, and Trachyspermum ammi showed moderate activities. Moderate activities against E. coli were observed with the oils of M. alternifolia and T. ammi. These results may be indications of at least one of the pharmacological actions of the four herb plants.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.133-140
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• 2011

Antimicrobial activity and bactericidal activity of Caesalpinia sappan L. extracts were investigated against five food-borne pathogens, E. coli, S. aureus, S. typhimurium, B. cereus and L. monocytogenes. Methanol extract of Caesalpinia sappan L. revealed antimicrobial activities against five pathogens. In particular, by paper disc diffusion the highest activity was shown against L. monocytogenes. Antimicrobial activities of methanol extracts showed the most potent activities, but hexane fraction had no activity. Fractions of ethyl acetate and butanol turned out to have higher antimicrobial activities against Gram(+) bacteria than Gram(-) bacteria. The minimum inhibitory concentration against five food-borne pathogens was 1.563 mg/ml on Gram(+) bacteria and 3.125 mg/ml on Gram(-) bacteria. The result of antimicrobial activity in a shaking flask method showed that bacterial growth rate fell by more than 99.999% at 3.125 mg/ml of methanol extract. The highest rate of viable reduction (99.998%) was shown at 0.781 mg/ml of methanol extract against L. monocytogenes. After five minutes of reaction between test strains and methanol extracts, the growth rates of five kinds of bacteria were reduced by more than 99.999% at a concentration of 100 mg/ml. Therefore, it is suggested that methanol extracts of Caesalpinia sappan L. can be developed as a natural sanitizer or disinfectant.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.533-537
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• 2011

The aim of this study was to develop a new natural preservative system to improve the weak points of natural polyhydric alcohols together with the efficiency of natural plants as a preservative. Polyhydric alcohols (glyceryl caprylate and ethylhexylglycerin) and antimicrobial plants (S. radix, A. nilotica and C. reticulata) were tested using the disc diffusion method and minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) method for their antimicrobial activity against the common poultry pathogens, respectively. A study of the preservative efficacy of the cosmetic formulations containing the optimized preservative system demonstrated sufficient preservative efficacy against bacteria and eukaryotic test microbes. These results suggest that the natural preservative system including polyhydric alcohol extracts containing natural plants could be incorporated in cosmetic formulations.

• 대한임상검사과학회지
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• 제43권3호
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• pp.124-132
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• 2011

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of the photosensitizer photogem with light-emitting diode (LED) on vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE). Two VRE strains isolated from the feces of patients. that was identificated Enterococcus faecium (vanA) and Enterococcus gallinarum (vanC1) using traditional biochemical tests and confirmed VRE genotyping from using polymerase chain reaction. In addition, three strains were used Enterococcus. faecalis CDC-286 (vanA), E. faecalis CDC-583 (vanB) and E. gallinarum CDC-42 (vanC1). To examine the antimicrobial effect of photogem mediated photodynamic therapy (PDT) against, CFU quantification and Disk diffusion antimicrobial susceptibility test were evaluated. The effects of Photodynamic therapy was not associated with genotype. Photogem mediated PDT perfectly inhibited the colony formation of E. faecalis CDC-286. The number of viable bacteria decreased greatly after PDT application with photogem $50{\mu}g/mL$ and energy density of $15J/cm^2$. The diameter of inhibition zone was increased to after PDT more than before PDT. The case of vancomycin disc on E. faecalis CDC-583 and E. galinanum-Patient were changed from resistant to intermediate resistant, from intermediate resistant to susceptable. These results demonstrate that lethal photosensitization of VRE can be achieved using photogem plus 630 nm LED irradiation.

• Advances in Traditional Medicine
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.97-102
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• 2008

A total of five compounds namely, 2-methylanthracene-9, 10-dione (1), 1-hydroxy-6-methylanthracene-9,10-dione (2), $\beta$-sitosterol (3), stigmasterol (4) and sitosterone (5) were isolated from the stem extracts of Polygonum lanatum for the first time. The structures of the isolated compounds (1-5) were established by extensive spectroscopic studies, including 2D NMR such as $^{1}H-^{1}H$ COSY, HSQC and HMBC studies. The crude extracts and purified compound (1) were screened for antimicrobial activity against a wide range of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria and fungi by the disc diffusion method. The n-hexane and dichloromethane soluble partitionates of the methanolic extract revealed mild to moderate inhibition of growth of the test organisms. The cytotoxic potential of the extractives and compound 1 was also determined by using brine shrimp lethality bioassay, where the extractives demonstrated significant cytotoxic activities.