Antimicrobial Activity of Extracted by Supercritical Fluid from Origanum vulgare, Cinnamomum cassia, Chamaecyparis obtusa and Scutellariae baicalensis
2008
Kim, W.J. (KMH Co., Institute of Biotechnology, Suwon, Republic of Korea) | Cho, J.Y. (KMH Co., Institute of Biotechnology, Suwon, Republic of Korea) | Choi, C.S. (KMH Co., Institute of Biotechnology, Suwon, Republic of Korea) | Yoon, G.S. (KMH Co., Institute of Biotechnology, Suwon, Republic of Korea), E-mail: [email protected] | Lee, W.K. (Ajou University, Suwon, Republic of Korea) | Ryu, Y.W. (Ajou University, Suwon, Republic of Korea)
The variety of functional plants has an attention for new natural food preservation and natural antiseptic development. The extracts from functional plants with various methods (ethanol extraction, hot water extraction and supercritical fluid extraction) tested antimicrobial activity against 10 strains including the pathogenic and food poisoning bacteria, the yeast and fungi. The antimicrobial activities of supercritical fluid extracts were shown higher than ethanol extract and hot water extract when tested with disc-diffusion method and minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC). Antimicrobial activity of supercritical fluid extract was two times higher than ethanol extract in Cinnaonomum cassia. In addition, the supercritical fluid extractions of Chamaecyparis obtuas and the C. cassia showed the higher yield than Origanum vulgare and Scutellariae baicalensis. The supercritical fluid extract of C. cassia showed an antimicrobial activity against all strains tested. The supercritical fluid extract of S. baicalensis showed strong antimicrobial activity on Listeria monocytogenes. Supercritical fluid extraction of O. vulgare and C. obtuas showed strong antimicrobial activity on Salmonella typhimuriium. In MIC test, C. obtuas was shown the best natural material for the preparation of natural antimicrobial agent by supercritical fluid extraction. In conclusion, these results suggest that supercritical fluid extraction technique was effective to obtain functional ingredient with higher antimicrobial activity in the development of new antimicrobial reagent from natural materials.
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