The antimicrobial activity of a bark extract of <em>Alnus glutinosaem> was studied.
This bark extract was fractionated by Centrifugal Partition Chromatography.
The major extract constituents were identified by 13C NMR dereplication.
Oregonin was identified as the major and most active compound of the extract.
Purification of oregonin was optimized at the laboratory-scale by CPC.