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Antioxidant and antibacterial effects of medicinal plants and their stick-type medicinal concentrated beverages

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Nine medicinal plants and their stick-type medicinal concentrated beverages (SMCB-I and SMCB-II) with different combination ratio were evaluated on antioxidant, nitric oxide (NO) inhibitory, and antibacterial effects against pathogenic bacteria involved in respiratory system illnesses. Antioxidant activity was high in Syzygium aromaticum, Pueraria lobata, Plantago asiatica, and Kalopanax pictus which have higher contents of total phenolics and total flavonoids. The NO inhibitory activity was high in Syzygium aromaticum, Plantago asiatica, and Glycyrrhiza uralensis. Syzygium aromaticum, Plantago asiatica, Kalopanax pictus and Glycyrrhiza uralensis showed higher antibacterial activity than the other five medicinal plants against Staphylococcus aureus, Corynebacterium diphtheriae, and Mycobacterium sp. SMCB-II exhibited higher antioxidant, NO inhibitory, and antibacterial effects than SMCB-I, since Syzygium aromaticum, Pueraria lobata, and Kalopanax pictus were only used for the production of SMCB-II. The SMCBs would be expected to contribute to an easy-to-carry, easy-to-consume, and high value-added health beverage for the modern people.

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This work (Grants No. S2601370) was supported by project for Cooperative R&D between Industry, Academy, and Research Institute funded Korea Ministry of SMEs and Startups in 2018.

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    Hyeon-Jun Chang, Yoon-Hee Kim & Jeung-Hee Lee

  2. National Institute for Korean Medicine Development, Gyeonsan, 38540, Korea

    Yun-Hwan Kang

  3. Hanbando, R&DB Center, Gyeonsan, 38453, Korea

    Myung-Hwan Choi

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Chang, HJ., Kim, YH., Kang, YH. et al. Antioxidant and antibacterial effects of medicinal plants and their stick-type medicinal concentrated beverages. Food Sci Biotechnol 29, 1413–1423 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10068-020-00793-9

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