AN ANTIBACTERIAL AND ANTIFUNGAL COMPOSITION CONTAINING DRACOCEPHALUM FOETIDUM EXTRACTS, SOPHORA ALOPECUROIDES EXTRACTS OR FRACTIONS THEREOF

摘要

An extract of Dracocephalum foetidum is provided to show antibacterial activity against bacteria and fungi on the skin surface, bacteria causing food decay and food poisoning, Streptococcus mutans and anti-biotics resistant bacteria, thereby being usefully used as an antibacterial composition for sterilizing the skin surface, preventing the food decay, food poisoning and periodental diseases and as a natural antibacterial agent for a filter of an air cleaning article without side effect. An antibacterial composition comprises a refined oil ingredient of Dracocephalum foetidum, which is obtained by extracting dried Dracocephalum foetidum through distillation to obtain an extract, cooling down the extract and then isolating a refined oil fraction of an upper layer therefrom. The composition is a skin external application composition, a cosmetic composition, or an oral composition. An air cleaning article comprises the extract of Dracocephalum foetidum as an effective ingredient. Further, the composition as a skin external application composition is in a form of solution, spray, patch, pad, cream, ointment and gel.