Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters (한국미생물·생명공학회지)

The Korean Society for Microbiology and Biotechnology (한국미생물·생명공학회)
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Antimicrobial and Hemolytic Activity of Oriental Medicinal Herbs

한약재의 항균 활성 및 인간 적혈구 용혈 활성

  • Ryu, Hee-Young (Dept. of Food and Nutrition, Andong National University) ;
  • Ahn, Seon-Mi (Dept. of Food and Nutrition, Andong National University) ;
  • Shin, Yong-Kyu (Research Institute of Biotechnology, Bion Co., LTD.) ;
  • Sohn, Ho-Yong (Dept. of Food and Nutrition, Andong National University)
  • 류희영 (안동대학교 식품영양학과) ;
  • 안선미 (안동대학교 식품영양학과) ;
  • 신용규 ((주)바이온 생물공학연구소) ;
  • 손호용 (안동대학교 식품영양학과)
  • Received : 2010.03.29
  • Accepted : 2010.06.12
  • Published : 2010.06.28
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Abstract

To develop the safe and natural antimicrobial agents, the 68 ethanol extracts from the 61 different kinds of oriental herbal medicine were prepared and their antimicrobial activities were evaluated. The herbal medicine used were from China (46 kinds), South Korea (14 kinds), North Korea (5 kinds) and Vietnam (3 kinds), respectively, and the root (27 species) was popular part in this study. The average water content and extraction ratio for ethanol were 7.10% and 6.75%, respectively. Determination of antimicrobial activity by disc-diffusion assay at 0.5 mg/disc concentration showed that the extract of Angelica tenuissima Nakai (china), Illicium verum, Junci medulla, Rhus javanica L., Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge and Syzygium aromaticum has strong antimicrobial activities against different food spoilage and pathogenic bacteria and fungi. Determination of MIC and MBC/MFC further showed that the extract of Syzygium aromaticum has MIC of 1.25 mg/mL and MBC/MFC of 1.25~5.00 mg/mL against Listeria monocytogenes, Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella typhimurium, Proteus vulgaris, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Candida albicans and Saccharomyces cerevisiae. And, the extract of Junci medulla, Rhus javanica L. and Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge showed strong antibacterial activities with MIC of 0.08~0.63 mg/mL and MBC/MFC of 0.08~2.50 mg/mL against the tested bacteria except E. coli and P. aeruginosa. In a while, the results of hemolytic activity of 68 different herbal extracts against human red blood cells showed that the extract of Angelica tenuissima Nakai has hemolytic activity at 0.5 mg/mL concentration. Therefore, Illicium verum, Junci medulla, Rhus javanica L., Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge and Syzygium aromaticum were finally selected for natural antimicrobial resources. Further research on active substances and the mode of action of the selected herbal medicine is necessary.

안전성이 확보된 천연항균제 개발을 목표로, 국내에서 유통되고 있는 국내산 및 수입산 한방 생약재 61종류로부터 원산지별, 부위별 에탄올 추출물 68종을 조제하고 이들의 항균활성을 평가하였다. 사용한 생약재는 중국산 46종, 국내산 14종, 북한산 5종 및 베트남산 3종이었으며, 사용 생약재의 부위로는 뿌리가 27종으로 많았으며, 열매, 껍질, 줄기, 잎, 종자, 꽃, 균핵, 꽃가루 순이었다. 생약재의 평균수분함량은 7.10% 이었고, 에탄올에 대한 평균 추출율은 6.75%를 나타내었다. Disc-diffusion법에 의한 생약재의 항균활성 결과, 고본(중국산), 팔각향, 등심초, 오배자, 단삼 및 정향에서 광범위한 항세균 및 항진균 활성을 확인하였으며, 이들에 대한 최소생육억제농도(MIC)와 최소사멸농도(MBC/MFC)를 평가한 결과, 정향에서 다양한 세균, 진균에 대해1.25 mg/mL의 MIC와 1.25~5.00 mg/mL의 MBC/MFC를 나타내어 가장 광범위한 항균활성을 확인하였으며, 등심초, 오배자, 단삼에서는 Escherichia coli와 Pseudomonas aeruginosa 를 제외한 세균에서 0.08~0.63 mg/mL의 MIC와 0.08~2.50 mg/mL의 MBC/MFC를 나타내어 강력한 항세균 활성을 확인하였다. 한편 68종 시료의 인간 적혈구에 대한 용혈활성 평가 결과, 고본(중국산) 추출물이 $500\;{\mu}g/mL$ 농도에서 17.8%의 용혈활성이 나타나, 이를 제외한 팔각향, 등심초, 오배자, 단삼 및 정향 추출물을 천연항균제 한방자원으로 최종 선정하였다.

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