摘要 |
Antibacterial agents are provided to inhibit growth of food borne pathogens without damage of nutrients or lowering of taste in food, and harmful effects on human, so that they are useful in food additives, food storage and food production line. An antibacterial agent for inhibiting growth of food borne pathogens including Bacillus cereus, Clostridium perfringens, Listeria monocytogenes, Staphylococcus aureus and Vibrio parahaemolyticus contains 0.0001-1.0 wt.% of panduratin A compound represented by the formula(1) or 0.0001-1.0 wt.% of isopanduratin A compound represented by the formula(2) which is extracted from Kaempferia pandurata, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Further, the 0.01 to 10.0 wt.% of Kaempferia pandurata is comprised in the 100 wt.% of compound. |