• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.117-119
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• 1990

A combination of magnolol or honokiol with lysozyme isolated from the egg white of the Korean Ogol fowl (Korean natural monument No.265) exhibited synergistic effect of bactericidal activity against a typical cariogenic bacterium, Streptococcus mutans OMZ 176. The synergistic ratio increased with time dependence.

• Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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• v.33 no.4 s.131
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• pp.319-323
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• 2002

This study was carried out to develop anticariogenic agents from natural products, the methanol and ethyl acetate extracts of 105 medicinal plants were tested for the antimicrobial activity against a cariogenic bacterium, Streptococcus mutans OMZ 176. Among them, the Aristolochia contorta, Dryopteris crassirhizoma, Eugenia caryophyllata, Hemerocallis fulva, Pinellia ternata, Pyrola japonica, and Scrophularia buergeriana showed significant antimicrobial activity.

• Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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• v.28 no.3
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• pp.99-103
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• 1997

To develop anticariogenic agents, Scutellariae Radix was tested for its antibacterial activity against Streptococcus mutans OMZ176 which is known as a strong cariogenic bacterium. The antibacterial activity was evaluated with disk plate method and minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC). The ethyl acetate fraction showed significant activity. By means of activity-guided fractionation, baicalein and ganhuangenin were isolated as the active principles. The MICs of these compounds were $100{\mu}g/ml$ and $200{\mu}g/ml$, respectively.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.239-241
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• 1992

The methanol extract of Cinnamoni Cortex showed antibacterial action against cariogenic bacterium, Streptococcus mutans OMZ 176. The active principle of the extract was identified to be trans-cinnamaldehyde, which was bactericidal in the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) of $100\;\mu$g/ml against the strain. From the results of antibacterial activity of cinnamaldehyde and its derivatives, the acrolein group in the cinnamaldehyde was elucidated to be an essential element for the activity.

• YAKHAK HOEJI
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• v.36 no.1
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• pp.36-39
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• 1992

In a continuous study for the developing of the anticariogenic agents, 3,3'-diacyl-4,4'-biphenol derivatives (Fig. 2, 2 and 3) and 3,3'-bis-(1-hydroxyalkyl)-4,4'-biphenol (Fig. 3, 4 and 5) derivatives are synthesized successively from 4,4'-diphenol (Fig. 2, 1). The synthesized compounds are tested for their antibacterial activity against a cariogenic bacterium, Streptococcus mutans OMZ 176. The acyl derivatives, 2 and 3, do not show antibacterial activity, but the hydroxyalkyl derivatives, 4 and 5, reduced from the acyl group of 2 and 3, show the activity. The antibacterial activity of 2 and 3 may be inhibited due to intramolecular hydrogen bonding between the acyl group and the hydroxyl one (Fig. 4).

• YAKHAK HOEJI
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• v.34 no.4
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• pp.277-281
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• 1990

The isolation and identification of an antibacterial component, from Polygoni Radix against a cariogenic bacterium Streptococcus mutans OMZ 176, were carried out for development of anticariogenic agents. The bioactive component was identified to be emodin. The minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) of emodin was $100\;{\mu}g/ml$ against S. mutans OMZ 176. The bioactive component emodin weakly inhibited ${\beta}-lactamase$ activity with the inhibition ratio of 1.7, 4.3 and 7.6% at the concentration of 50, 100, and 200 uM, respectively. Emodin exhibited slight phototoxicity when analysed by the photohemolysis method.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.41-43
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• 1991

For the purpose of survey of the antibacterial activity against a cariogenic bacterium Streptococcus mutans OMZ 176 with the introduction of hydroxyl and allyl groups to o-phenylphenol (Fig. 2, 1), 4-hydroxy-o-phenylphenol (2), and 3,6-diallyl-4-hydroxy-o-phenylphenol (4) were synthesized, sucessively. The synthesized compounds, 2 and 4 showed more potent antibacterial activity than the starting material, 1. The hydroxyl group was supposed to the essential element for the antibacterial activity and the introduction of allyl group to phenolic ring to be another element to increase the activity.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.127-130
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• 1986

Naturally occurring diallyldihydroxybiphenyl compounds, magnolol and honokiol were reported to have potent antibacterial activities against most of Gram positive bacteria (1-4). To developmore potent antibacterial agents, some allyhydroxybiphenyl derivatives were synthesized from the starting compounds, p-phenyl-phenol (I) p-phenylphenol (IV), o, o-biphenol (VII) and p. p'-biphenol (XII). Among the newly synthesized compounds (III, VI, IX, XI, XIV and XVI), the antibacterial activities of 2-allyl-p-phenylphenol (VI), 6-ally-o, 0'-biphenol (IX), 2, 2'-diallyl-o, o'-biphenol (XIV) and 2, 2', 6-triallyl-p, p'-biphenol (XIV) were more potent than those of magnolol and bonokiol against a cariogenic bacterium, Stroptococcus matans ATCC OMZ 176.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.220-223
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• 1992

The methanolic extract of Commelina communis (aerial part) showed antibacterial activity against a cariogenic bacterium, Streptococcus mutans OMZ 176. The active principles were identified to be $\beta$-carboline alkaloids, 1-carbomethoxy-$\beta$-carboline, norharman and harman, which were bactericidal in the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) of $100\;\mu{g/ml}$ against the strain.

• YAKHAK HOEJI
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• v.40 no.4
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• pp.478-481
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• 1996

Two constituents were isolated as the antibacterial principles from the methanolic extract of Crassirhizomae Rhizoma against Streptococcus mutans OMZ176 which is known to be a strong cariogenic bacterium. They were identified as flavaspidic acid PB and flavaspidic acid AB by means of physicochemical methods. They exhibited strong antibacterial activity and the minimal inhibitory concentration(MIC) value was 6.3${\mu}g$/ml