This study was carried out to investigate the antimicrobial activities of organic extracts obtained from the fruit of Thuja orientalis L. The native fruits in Korea were collected and extracted by 80% ethanol, and the extract was sequentially fractionated with n-hexane, chloroform, ethylacetate, and butanol. The fraction yields of n-hexane, chloroform, ethylacetate, butanol and water of ethanol extract were 10.15%, 10.05%, 1.45%, 45.35% and 27.55%, respectively. n-Hexane-soluble fraction showed the highest antibacterial activity against gram positive bacteria, while the chloroform, ethylacetate, butanol and aqueous fractions did not show any antibacterial activity. Minimum inhibitory concentration (MICs) on Staphyloycoccus aureus, Bacillus subtilis and Sateptococcus pneumoniae, n-hexane-soluble fraction were 100 μg, 500 μg and 50 μg/disc, respectively. The antibacterial activity was not destroyed by heating at 80, 100, 120℃ for 30 min and was not affected by pH. In the inhibitory test against the Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtilis and Sateptococcus pneumoniae, n-hexane-soluble fraction showed potent growth inhibition at the concentration of 0.1 and 0.5 μg/mL for 12~24 hours and n-hexane-soluble fraction did not show any mutagenic activity.

식물추출물로부터 보다 안전하고 효과있는 새로운 tyrosinase 저해제를 개발하기 위한 연구의 일환으로 먼저 기존의 spectrophotometric assay를 개선한 새로운 TLC 검색방법을 사용하여 여러 식물추출물을 검색한 결과 백자인의 메탄올추출물이 강한 tyrosinase 저해활성을 갖고 있음을 알 수 있었다. 따라서 백자인의 메탄올추출물로부터 tyrosinase 저해제를 분리하기 위하여 먼저 탈지 메탄올추출물을 에테르, 에틸아세테이트