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Antifungal effect of seven essential oils on bamboo

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As antimicrobial agents, essential oils (EOs) have been used by more and more companies as alternatives to traditional chemicals. In the study, seven EOs from Pinus massoniana, cinnamon, Star anise, Litsea cubeba, Cinnamomum camphora, Lemon eucalyptus, and Camphor from Guangxi were researched for their antifungal performances and chemical components. With the help of the diffusion in a disc way as well as the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) to three fungi, the antifungal impacts and the bamboo slices anti-mold tests of these EOs were studied. The compositions of these oils were identified. Litsea cubeba EO, Anise EO, and Cinnamon EO exhibited super antifungal activity against Trichoderma viride, Aspergillus niger, and Penicillium citrinum. Treated by Cinnamon EO, Anise EO, or Litsea cubeba EO, few molds were observed on the surface of bamboo chips, which showed that these EOs had a good antifungal effect on molds of bamboo.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge financial supports from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51964032), the 13th Five-Year Plan of National Key R&D Projects of China (2018YFD0600400), the Key Laboratory of State Forestry and Grassland Administration on Highly-Efficient Utilization of Forestry Biomass Resources in Southwest China (2020-KF14), and Specific Research Project of Guangxi for Research Bases and Talents (AD18126005).

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  1. Key Laboratory for Forest Resources Conservation and Utilization in the Southwest Mountains of China, Ministry of Education, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, 650224, Yunnan, China

    Jia Yan, Yanfei Niu, Chunhua Wu, Zhengjun Shi & Ping Zhao

  2. School of Chemistry and Engineering, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, 650224, Yunnan, China

    Jia Yan & Ping Zhao

  3. Guangxi Key Laboratory of Chemistry and Engineering of Forest Products, Guangxi University for Nationalities, Nanning, 53006, China

    Chunhua Wu

  4. Key Lab of Bio-Based Material Science and Technology (Ministry of Education), College of Material Science and Engineering, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, China

    Bingnan Yuan

  5. Integrated Composites Laboratory (ICL), Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA

    Nithesh Naik & Bingnan Yuan

  6. School of Urban Planning and Architecture, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu, 610041, China

    Xianmin Mai

  7. Department of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, 576104, Karnataka, India

    Nithesh Naik

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Yan, J., Niu, Y., Wu, C. et al. Antifungal effect of seven essential oils on bamboo. Adv Compos Hybrid Mater 4, 552–561 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42114-021-00251-y

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