ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT SUPERIOR IN BACTERIOSTATIC ACTION AND ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain an antimicrobial agent containing an aromatic component of horseradish as an active ingredient, esp. showing an antibacterial spectrum broadly ranging from fungi to bacteria, and exerting a strong bacteriostatic and antibacterial effect even with an infinitesimal content of the aromatic component. ;SOLUTION: This agent comprises, as an active ingredient, an aromatic component of horseradish of n-methylsulfonylalkylisothiocyanate and one or more aromatic components of horseradish selected from the group consisting of n-methylthioalkyl isothiocyanate, n-methylsulfinylalkyl isothiocyanate, and allyl isothiocyanate. This agent comprises, as an active ingredient, aromatic components of horseradish of both n-methylthioalkyl isothiocyanate and n- methylsulfinylalkyl isothiocyanate.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2000,JPO