• 대한한의학방제학회지
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.257-267
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• 2019

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to establish experimental evidence for the antimicrobial effects of 51 herbal formulae commonly used in traditional Korean medical institutions. Methods: The antimicrobial activities of herbal formulae were screened using the disc diffusion method against 10 pathogenic microorganisms (Bacillus cereus, Staphylococcus aureus, Listeria monocytogenes, Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Escherichia coli DH5α, E. coli O157, Salmonella enteritidis, Yersinia enterocolitica, Shigella flexneri, and Helicobacter pylori). Of the 51 herbal formulae, 13 herbal formulae with antimicrobial activity were selected and their dose-dependency were confirmed. Results: Nine herbal formulae, including Gyeji-tang, Dangguisu-san, Saengmaek-san, Samul-tang, Ssanghwa-tang, Socheongryong-tang, Yukmijihwang-tang, Jakyakgamcho-tang, and Paljung-san, presented antibacterial activity against B. cereus. The effects of Saengmaek-san and Paljung-san was sustained for 48 hr. On L. monocytogenes, Dangguisu-san and Hyangsapyeongwi-san showed antimicrobial activity, but only Hyangsapyeongwi-san maintained the activity for 48 hr. Thirteen herbal formulae such as Galgeun-tang, Gyeji-tang, Dangguisu-san, Mahwang-tang, Banhasasim-tang, Saengmaek-san, Socheongryong-tang, Yukmijihwang-tang, Jakyakgamcho-tang, Cheonwangbosim-dan, Palmijihwang-tang, Paljung-san, and Hwanglyeonhaedok-tang showed antimicrobial activity against V. parahaemolyticus, and the activity was maintained for 48 hr. The 51 herbal formulae did not show any antimicrobial activity against seven strains such as E. coli DH5α, E. coli O157, S. aureus, S. enteritidis, Y. enterocolitica, S. flexneri, and H. pylori. Conclusions: Nine, two, and thirteen herbal formulae showed antimicrobial activities against B. cereus, L. monocytogenes, and V. parahaemolyticus in a dose-dependent manner, respectively. The results of antimicrobial activity of 51 herbal formulae against 10 microorganisms might be used as the basis for new application of herbal formulae.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제51권4호
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• pp.389-396
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• 2018

Marine pathogenic bacteria, such as Streptococcus parauberis, Edwardsiella tarda and Vibrio harveyi, can cause lethal infections in farmed fish, ozone and antibiotics, are employed to sterilize waters used for rearing fish to mitigate this threat. The most widely used method is treatment with sodium hypochlorite solution. However, the maintenance of a constant concentration of chlorine in rearing waters can be difficult. We investigated the potential of a mixed oxidant (MO) solution generated by electrolysis of sea water to improve water quality. We measured the survival rates of fish pathogenic bacteria exposed to different concentrations of MO (0.5, 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0 MO) and sodium hypochlorite (0.5, 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0 ppm) for various lengths of time (0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 min). We found a time-dependent decrease in the survival rates of the tested pathogenic microorganisms. The sterilization effect of the MO solution on pathogenic organisms was greater than that of sodium hypochlorite for gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria. We conclude that MO solution produced by electrolysis could be used to maintain a constant chlorine concentration in aquaculture systems.

• 환경생물
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.189-196
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• 2002

The direct detection of intestinal pathogens and viruses often requires costly, tedious, and time-consuming procedures. These requirements developed a test to show that the water was contaminated with sewage-borne pathogens by assessing the hygienic quality of water based on indicator microorganisms whose presence indicates that pathogenic microorganisms may also be present. Various groups of microorganisms have been suggested and used as indicator microorganisms. Proposed and commonly used microbial indicators are total coliforms, fecal coliforms, fecal streptococci, Clostridium perfringens, heterotrophic plate count, bacteriophage, and so on. Unfortunately, most, if not all, of these indicators are not ideal because of the sensitivity and resistance to environment stresses and disinfection. However, the development of gene probes and PCR technology may give hope for the discovery of rapid and simple methods toy detecting small number of fecal pathogens in various environments.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.145-152
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• 2006

마늘과 마늘의 황화합물은 여러 가지 미생물(그람양성 및 음성 세균, 곰팡이, 효모, 원생동물)의 번식을 저해하므로 마늘을 감염증치료에 쓰고자 하는 노력이 많았고 따라서 병원성 미생물에 대한 번식저해연구가 많이 수행되었다. 마늘에 의한 병원성 미생물의 번식저해작용을 연구한 대상 미생물 중에서 세균으로는 Staphylococcus aureus가 가장 많이 연구되었고 기타 많은 종류의 그람음성 및 앙성 병원성 세균이 연구대상이었다. 효모와 곰팡이를 통털어 Candide albicans의 번식저해 연구가 전체 진균류 연구의 대부분을 차지하였다. 특이하게 Giardia intestinalis에 대한 연구보고도 있었으며 마늘은 시험한 대부분의 미생물에 대해 강력한 천연 항균제로서 인정되었다. 마늘은 원래 가열하지 않은 생마늘이어야 알린이 alliinase 효소에 의해 분해되어 강력한 항균물질인 알리신을 생성하게 되므로 주로 생마늘의 항균작용연구가 주를 이루었다 알리신은 불안정하여 저장중에 분해되어 여러 가지 물질로 변화하게 되는 데 알리신이 분해되어 생성되는 ajoene이나 기타 여러 가지 sulfide류 역시 세균이나 효모에 매우 강력한 항균작용을 나타낸다. 마늘의 알리신이 나타내는 항균작용은 thiosulfinate기가 미생물의 대사에 중요한 역할을 하는 효소중에서 -SH 기를 가지는 효소단백질과 결합하여 불활성화시키기 때문에 결과적으로 미생물이 사멸하는 것으로 설명되고 있다. 하지만 이와 같은 일반적인 독성 메카니즘 이외에 특이한 효소에 특이하게 저해작용을 나타낸다는 가설이 있고 그 중에서도 지방산 합성에 관여하는 효소를 저해하기 때문이라는 의견이 많다. 최근에 식품의 조리 온도에서 가열한 마늘이 항균작용이 있는 것이 발견되었는데 그 작용은 주로 항진균작용이며 그 항균작용물질은 알린이 열분해 되어 생성되는 allyl alcohol인 것으로 보고되었다.

• 한국축산시설환경학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.111-118
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• 2004

본 연구는 양돈 분뇨를 고온호기산화장치(TAO)를 이용하여 처리하였을 때, 고온 미생물 의 첨가에 의한 온도 상승과 시스템의 내부 미생물 변화 그리고 유해 미생물의 불활성화에 대하여 연구하였다. 실험은 총 용량 $18 m^3(3.0\times2.5\times2.4 m)$의 반응기에 양돈 분뇨 $6 m^3$을 투입하고 5$\~$7일간 운전하였다. 대조구는 양돈 분뇨만을 투입하였고 처리구는 6 $\iota$의 고온 미생물(Bacillus. sp)을 투입하였다. 반응기의 내부 미생물의 변화를 검토하기 위해서 호기성 중온균, 고온균 그리고 일반 세균을 분석하였다. 또한, 유해 미생물의 불활성화를 검토하기 위하여 E. coil, Salmonella. sp, Crytosporidium parvum, Giardia lamblia를 분석하였다. 대조구와 처리구의 운전기간 동안 반응기 내부의 온도 범위는 $18\~66^{\circ}C$로 $55^{\circ}C$ 이상의 높은 온도를 유지하였다. 미생물 변화에 있어서 대조구의 중온균과 고온균은 $3.1\times10^6\~1.2\times10^2$ CFU/ml, $1.0\times10^4\~8.0\times10^1$ CFU/ml로 감소하였으나 처리구의 경우, 중온균은 $3.0\times10^8\~8.6\times10^5$ CFU/ml로 감소하였으나 고온균은 $2.0\times10^6\~1.2\times10^8$ CFU/ml로 증가하는 경향을 보였다. Salmonella와 Giardia는 처리 전$\cdot$후에 검출되지 않았으며 E. coil와 Crytosporidium은 처리전 양성반응을 나타내었으나 처리 후 불활성화 되었다. 이상의 결과를 통해서, 우리는 TAO system에 고온 미생물을 첨가함으로써 유해한 미생물이 사멸된 액상비료를 생산할 수 있었고 분뇨로부터 기인하는 2차 오염을 방지할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.1243-1252
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• 2009

User-friendly software was developed to determine the shelf-life of perishable Korean seasoned side dishes in real time based on growth models of spoilage and pathogenic microorganisms. In the program algorithm, the primary spoilage and fastest-growing pathogenic organisms are selected according to the product characteristics, and their growth is simulated based on the previously monitored or recorded temperature history. To predict the growth of spoilage organisms with confidence limits, kinetic models for aerobic bacteria or molds/yeasts from published works are used. Growth models of pathogenic bacteria were obtained from the literature or derived with regression of their growth rate data estimated from established software packages. These models are also used to check whether the risk of pathogenic bacterial growth exceeds that of food spoilage organisms. Many example simulations showed that the shelf-lives of the examined foods are predominantly limited by the growth of spoilage organism rather than by pathogenic bacterial growth.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.349-354
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• 2006

Furaneol, a key aroma compound found in strawberry, pineapple, and processed foodstuffs, has been known to possess various biological activities on animal models. In this study, the antimicrobial effects of furaneol against human pathogenic microorganisms were investigated. The results indicated that furaneol displayed a broad spectrum of antimicrobial activities against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria and fungi without hemolytic activity on human erythrocyte cells. To confirm the antifungal activity of furaneol, we examined the accumulation of intracellular trehalose as a stress response marker on toxic agents and its effect on dimorphic transition of Candida albicans. The results demonstrated that furaneol induced significant accumulation of intracellular trehalose and exerted its antifungal effect by disrupting serum-induced mycelial forms. These results suggest that furaneol could be a therapeutic agent having a broad spectrum of antimicrobial activity on human pathogenic microorganisms.

• 한국균학회지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.67-76
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• 2003

버섯 추출물의 병원 미생물에 대한 항균활성을 알아보기 위하여 66종의 버섯을 채집 동정하고, 이들을 석유에테르, 80% 에탄올 및 증류수로 추출하여 198종의 추출물을 얻은 후 19종의 인체 병원성 미생물에 대한 항균활성을 검정하였다. 그 결과, C. consors의 에탄올 추출물외에 13종의 추출물이 4종의 효모에, P. ostreatus의 에탄올 추출물 외 27종의 추출물이 3종의 사상균에, A. subrutilescons의 추출물외 78종의 추출물이 5종의 그람 음성세균에, 그리고 A. pseudoporphyria의 추출물외 59종의 추출물이 5종의 그람 양성세균에 항균활성을 보였다.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.160-164
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• 2011

The purpose of this investigation was to extract the bioactive agents from Alpinia officinarum Hance. The methanol with ethylacetate extracts alone and combined were examined for their activities against VRE (vancomycin-resistant enterococci) and pathogenic yeast in vitro. The incidence of infections caused by VRE and other pathogenic microorganisms and the importance of using novel synergistic drug combinations has become important. Previously, we reported the antimicrobial effects of the butanol extract from Lonicera japonica and have evaluated combinations of solvent extracts, with a focus on the MeOH and EtOAc extracts from A. officinarum. In the present study, enhanced inhibitory effects were achieved by employing a combination of the two solvent extracts. The MeOH and EtOAc combination was especially effective against four VRE strains: E. faecalis (K-10-22), E. faecaium (K-11-212), E. faecalis (K-10-57) and E. faecalis (K-10-361) with MIC values of 12.5, 12.5, 6.25 and 25 ${\mu}g/ml$, respectively. Thus, the combination was more effective than other antibiotics such as kanamycin, gentamicin or tetracycline against bacteria including E. coli, Staphylococcus aureus, and Micrococcus luteus. In addition, the combination was effective against yeasts such as Candida albicans, Candida tropicalis and Cryptococcus neoformans.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제45권1호
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• pp.53-57
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• 2007

A number of essential oils from Mongolian aromatic plants are claimed to have antimicrobial activities. The essential oil of Dracocephalum foetidum, a popular essential oil used in Mongolian traditional medicine, was examined for its antimicrobial activity. Eight human pathogenic microorganisms including B. subtilis, S. aureus, M. lutens, E. hirae, S. mutans, E. coli, C. albicans, and S. cerevisiae were examined. The essential oil of Dracocephalum foetidum exhibited strong antimicrobial activity against most of the pathogenic bacteria and yeast strains that were tested; by both the agar diffusion method and the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) assay ($MIC\;range\;was\;26-2592{\mu}g/ml$). Interestingly, Dracocephalum foetidum even showed antimicrobial activity against methicilin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains. We also analyzed the chemical composition of the oil by GC-MS and identified several major components, including n-Mentha-1,8-dien-10-al, limonene, geranial, and neral.