TEAR GRASS-DERIVED ANTIBACTERIAL AGENT AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME

摘要

An antibacterial agent derived from tear grass having an elevated antibacterial effect which is obtained by heating tear grass or an extract obtained therefrom to thereby elevate the antibacterial effect thereof. It is further found out that among the components of the tear grass having the thus elevated antibacterial effect, a substance showing a particularly high antibacterial effect is contained in the lipid components.