Salmonella species is one of the major bacterial agents that causes gastrointestinal disease in pigs. Natural antimicrobials derived from plants may be alternative therapeutics that could replace currently used antibiotics in the control of infectious disease. In this study, we assessed the antibacterial activity of Oenothera biennis L. extract against Salmonella Typhimurium both in vitro and in vivo. O. biennis L. extract had a strong inhibitory effect on S. Typhimurium in vitro, reducing bacterial growth by 87%. For the in vivo experiment, 16 post-weaned pigs were divided into 4 groups consisting of 4 pigs each: an uninfected, untreated negative control group; an untreated positive control group that was infected with S. Typhimurium; and two groups that were infected with S. Typhimurium and treated with either 0.1% or 0.5% O. biennis L. extract. Pigs were followed for 21 days after infection, and their body weight, daily gains, feed conversion ratio (FCR), and feed efficiency (FE) were monitored. The pigs treated with O. biennis L. extract had significantly higher daily gains than the positive control group (p<0.05). The O. biennis L. extract-treated pigs also exhibited better weight gain and FE, as well as a lower FCR and less severe diarrhea, than the positive controls but these results were not statistically significant. Our study demonstrates that O. biennis L. extract has antibacterial effects against S. Typhimurium, both in vitro and in vivo, and that these antibacterial effects may produce better growth performance in pigs infected with S. Typhimurium.

추출방법을 달리하여 달맞이꽃 에탄올 추출물의 주요성 분과 항산화 및 항균 활성을 측정하였다. 상온교반 추출(SE, stirrer extraction), 초음파 추출(USE, ultrasonification extraction), 환류 추출(RE, reflux extraction), 고온가압추출 (AE, autoclave extraction), 저온고압추출(LE, low temperature high pressure extraction)법을 사용한 결과 RE법이 추출수율 (46.33%), 총 폴리페놀(463.05 mg GAE/g)과 플라보노이드 (71.71 mg RHE/g) 함량이 다른 추출방법 보다 높았다. 달맞 이꽃 추출물은 B. cereus에 대한 항균활성이 나타났으며, 추출방법에 따른 차이는 나타나지 않았다. DPPH와 ABTS radical 소거능, 환원력, 철이온 흡착능 시험에서도 RE법을 이용한 추출물이 각각 74.40%, 65.29%, 1.370 (OD700), 90.14%를 나타내어 다른 추출방법에 비해 높았다. 달맞이 꽃 추출물은 항산화 활성이 우수하여 유용한 천연물 소재로 사용이 가능하며, B. cereus가 주 원인이 되는 식중독의 예방이나 오염된 식품의 보존성 증진을 위한 천연 소재로 할용이 가능할 것으로 판단된다.