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KMID : 0620719970030020141
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Natural Product Sciences
1997 Volume.3 No. 2 p.141 ~ p.147
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Antimicrobial Activities of Volatile Essential Oils from Korean Aromatic Plants
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Shin Kuk-Hyun
Chi Hyung-Joon
Lim Soon-Sung
Cho Seon-Haeng
Moon Hyung-In
Yu Jae-Hyeun
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Abstract
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Volatile essential oils obtained by steam distillation from 55 plant parts of 42 species of representative aromatic plants newly collected in Korean peninsula have been evaluated for antimicrobial activity against 5 microorganisms. The essential oils derived from 15 plant parts and 9 plant parts were found to exhibit very strong antimicrobial activities by more than 95% inhibition at 100 ㎍/ml against Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, respectively. Essential oil components such as l-limonene, β-myrcene, linalool, γ-terpinene, α,β-phellandrene, 1,8-cineole, l-borneol and bornylacetate, as a whole, have primarily contributed to the manifestation of the antimicrobial activity.
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KEYWORD
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Antimicrobial activity, essential oils, Korean aromatic plants, Staphlococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Enterococcus faecali, E. coli
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