The invention belongs to the field of
natural medicine and
cosmetics, and provides application of Chinese
torreya essential oil to preparation of anti-dermatophytes
medicine, or application of Chinese
torreya essential oil as efficiency ingredients in
cosmetics for inhibiting the dermatophytes. In-vitro
antibacterial activity study on the Chinese
torreya essential oil shows that the Chinese torreya essential oil has better
antibacterial activity on common pathogenic dermatophytes capable of causing
tinea capitis,
tinea corporis and little onychomycosis. The Chinese torreya essential oil is essential oil prepared from Chinese torreya
aril by a
distillation method, a cold squeezing method, a
solvent extracting method or a
carbon dioxide supercritical extraction method and the like. The Chinese torreya essential oil has the quality requirements that the Chinese torreya essential oil is colourless to yellowish Green liquid, and has the characteristic
flavor of Chinese torreya fruit; the
relative density (20 DEG C / 20 DEG C) is 0.850 to 0.860; the content sum of characteristic components of Alpha-
pinene and
limonene is greater than or equal to 30 percent. The invention discloses a new purpose of the Chinese torreya essential oil to prepare anti-dermatophytes
medicine or
cosmetics. In addition, an optimized preparation method of the Chinese torreya essential oil is provided by comparing the advantages and disadvantages of different
extraction methods of the Chinese torreya essential oil.