| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an antibacterial agent which can eliminate the drawbacks of conventional antibacterial agents of chemically synthesized compound system and the defects of natural antibacterial agents including preparations using spice extracts, is low in a color degree, scarcely has a smell, is highly safe, and is useful for foods and cosmetics. SOLUTION: This antibacterial agent contains as an active ingredient a water-soluble ingredient which is obtained by extracting Eugenia aromatica with water-containing ethanol or methanol having an alcohol concentration of >=50%, separating water-insoluble ingredients and essential oil ingredients from the obtained extract and then deodorizing and purifying the residual water- soluble ingredient.
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