Abstract:
The antimicrobial effects of aqueous alcohol extract from chestnut shell against two kinds of germs,two kinds of yeasts and two kinds of molds were studied,and the functional constituents of the extract were preliminarily identified,namely flavonoid and hydrolyzable tannin.Chestnut shell extract has antimicrobial effect against Escherichia coli,Bacillus subtilis,Saccharomyes cerevisiae,Rhodotorula sp.,Aspergillus niger and Penicillium citrinum.The minimum inhibition concentrations(MIC) against these tested strains are 3%, 3%, 0.5%, 0.5%, 2% and 2%, respectively.Temperature has little influence on the antimicrobial effect.The extract has antisepsis effect for food,and can be developed to be a natural food antiseptic agent.