Study on antibacterial effects of agaricus blazei

This paper studied the antibacterial effects of the fruiting bodies from Agaricus blazei through two different methods-water extracting or ethanol extracting. Tested by the MIC against 8 species of spoilage organisms, the results showed that: (1)the MIC of water extracts: both S. aureus and B. sabtilis were 1.25%, E. coli P. ulgaria and P. citrinum 2.5%, A. niger and G. condidum 5% and S. cerevisiae 10%; (2)the MIC of ethanol extracts: S. aureus, B. sabtilis P. citrinum and A. niger were 1.25% respectively P. ulgaria was 2.5% E. coli S. cerevisiae and G. candidum were 5%. These results provided scientific bass for exploiting this peculiar resource.