식품부패미생물에 대한 정향추출물의 항진균력을 확인하고 유효성분을 분리한 후 그 구조를 확인하였다. 정향 추출물은 대표적인 항진균제인 메타중아황산칼륨 및 myconazole과 비슷한 항진균 활성을 나타내었다. 용매분획을 실시한 결과 hexane fraction이 가장 항진균활성이 높은 것으로 나타났다. 이 hexane 분획을 silica gel column chromatography를 통해 분리하여 항진균활성이 가장 큰 분획물인 JH-1, JH-2-1 및 JH-2-2을 분리하였다. 이들 화합물은 EI-MS 와 1H-NMR, 13C-NMR 결과로부터 활성물질의 구조를 동정하였으며 그 결과 JH-1은 eugenol, JH-2-1은 eugenol acetate 그리고 JH-2-2은 chavicol인 것으로 확인하였다.

For the synthesis of new antifungal agents, We have synthesized four new ketoconazole derivatives were synthesized by the reaction of cis-[2-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-2-(1H-imidazol-1-yl)-1,3-dioxolan-4-yl]methane sulfonate with isolated fig compounds. These compounds were showed strong antifungal activity against C, albicans ATCC 10231. C, utilis. S, cerevisiae ATCC 9763. A and niger ATCC 9029. Among them, sample No.(13) showed potent inhibition activity. Generally, other samples showed biological activity in vitro test. The above results showed the possibility of the development of new antifungal agents.

This study was performed to investigate the four-week repeated-dose toxicity of the crude antifungal compounds produced by Lactobacillus plantarum AF1 (Lb. plantarum AF1), a lactic acid bacterium isolated from kimchi, in male and female rats. Sprague-Dawley male and female rats were divided into four groups, with 10 animals in each group. The test article was administered once daily by gavage to rats at dosage levels of 0, 500, 1,000, and 2,000 mg/kg/day for four weeks. There were no test-article-related deaths or abnormal clinical signs in both the male and female rats during the observation period. Furthermore, no differences in the body weight changes, food intake and water consumption levels of the control and treatment groups were found. The hematological parameters, serum biochemical analysis results, histopathological examination results and all other findings also showed no significant or dose-dependent changes. There were also no changes in the organ weights upon the administration of the crude antifungal compounds produced by Lb. plantarum AF1. These results suggest that the oral administration of the crude antifungal compounds produced by Lb. plantarum AF1 had no adverse effects up to a dosage level of 2,000 mg/kg in both male and female rats.

The SSH100-10 bacterial strain, which exhibits strong antifungal (anti-mold and anti-yeast) activity, was isolated from traditional korean soysauce aged 100 years. The strain was identified as Bacillus velezensis based on Gram-staining, the biochemical properties and 16S rRNA gene sequence determination. B. velezensis SSH100-10 showed strong proteinase activity and NaCl tolerance, but did not produce enterotoxin. Two-antifungal compounds from B. velezensis SSH100-10 were purified using SPE, preparative HPLC, and reverse phase-HPLC. The purified antifungal compounds were identified as C14 and C15 iturin through MALDI-TOF-MS and amino acid composition analysis. The stability characteristics of the antifungal compounds after temperature, pH, and enzyme treatments suggested that B. velezensis SSH100-10 produced more than two antifungal compounds; pH-stable C14 iturin A and C15 iturin A, and unidentified pH-unstable compounds. The results suggested that B. velezensis SSH100-10 can be used in soybean fermentation as a starter. Moreover it has potential as a biopreservative in the food and feed industry and as a biocontrol agent in the field of agriculture.