프로폴리스 에탄올 추출물의 항돌연변이 및 항균효과를 시험하여 국내산과 미국산 프로폴리스의 생리활성을 평가하였다. 항돌연변이 활성은 Ames test로, 항균활성은 여드름 형성에 관여하는 미생물인 P. acnes, S. Epidermidis, S. aureus, P. aeruginosa에 대한 생육 억제효과를 paper disk 법과 agar dilution 법으로 평가하였다. S. Typhimurium TA98 균주에 있어서 $1-200;{mu}g$/plate 농도로 70% 에탄올 추출물을 첨가했을 때 Trp-p-1에 의해 유도된 돌연변이에 대해 국내산 0.9-91.3%, 미국산 0.5-104.2%, 2-AA에 의해 유도된 돌연변이에 대해서는 국내산 37.6-94.4%, 미국산 21.0-97.7%의 돌연변이 억제효과를 용량 의존적으로 각각 나타내었다. 항균활성을 paper disk 법으로 평가했을 때 P. acnes, S. Epidermidis, S. aureus, P. aeruginosa에 대해 70% 에탄올 추출물의 $5,000;{mu}g$/paper disk 농도에서의 생육 저지환의 크기는 국내산이 각각 5.7, 5.9, 6.8, 5.2 mm, 미국산이 각각 5.7, 6.2, 6.7, 5.9 mm이었다. Agar dilution 법으로 평가한 MIC는 P. acnes, P. aeruginosa S. Epidermidis, S. aureus, P. aeruginosa에 대해 국내산, 미국산 모두 5,000, 1,500, 1,500, $1,500;{mu}g/mL$로 나타났다.
The antimutagenic activities of ethanol extracts of Korean and American propolis were tested using Salmonella Typhimurium TA98 with two indirect mutagens of 3-amino-1,4-dimethyl-5H-pyrido [4,3-b]indole (Trp-P-1) and 2-aminoanthracene (2-AA) with S9 mix. Additionally, their antimicrobial activities against acne-related pathogenic strains of Propionibacterium acnes, Staphylococcus Epidermidis, Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa were evaluated using both paper disk method and agar dilution method. Ethanol extracts of Korean and American propolis showed strong inhibitory effects, in a dose dependant manner, against the mutagenicities induced by Trp-P-1 and 2-AA. The antimutagenic effect of ethanol extracts of Korean propolis showed significantly higher protective activity than that of American propolis against the Trp-P-1 induced mutagenicity of S. Typhimurium TA98 at the lower concentration ($1-10;{mu}g$), but significantly lower protective activity at the higher concentration ($50-200;{mu}g$). The antimutagenic effect of ethanol extract of Korean propolis showed significantly higher protective activity than that of American propolis against the 2-AA induced mutagenicity at the concentration of $1;{mu}g$, but significantly lower protective activity than that of the American at the higher concentration ($50-200;{mu}g$). Both extracts showed strong antimicrobial activities against all the acne-related pathogens tested, with minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) values in the range $1,500-5,000;{mu}g/mL$.
