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ArticlePeerJ2020

The antifungal activity of vapour phase of odourless thymol derivate.

Róbert Kubinec, Jaroslav Blaško, Paulína Galbavá, Helena Jurdáková, Jana Sadecká, Domenico Pangallo, Mária Bučková, Andrea Puškárová

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Article in PeerJ, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Róbert KubinecInstitute of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovak Republic.
Jaroslav BlaškoInstitute of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovak Republic.
Paulína GalbaváInstitute of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovak Republic.
Helena JurdákováInstitute of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovak Republic.
Jana SadeckáNational Agricultural and Food Centre-Food Research Institute, Bratislava, Slovak Republic.
Domenico PangalloInstitute of Molecular Biology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic.
Mária BučkováInstitute of Molecular Biology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic.
Andrea PuškárováInstitute of Molecular Biology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic.
Comenius University Bratislava · SKSlovak Academy of Sciences · SKNational Agricultural and Food Centre · SK

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Thymol is a substance with a great therapeutic potential possessing antibacterial and antifungal activity, with a characteristic odour that remains long after application but is not pleasant at higher concentrations. In this study, attention has been focused on describing the chemical and biological properties of the simply prepared trimethylsilyl ether of thymol (kubicin). Interestingly, kubicin has similar volatility as thymol, undergoes hydrolysis in the water (moisture; forming thymol and trimethylsilanol) and can be used at 6,000 times higher concentration than thymol without any negative and irritating odour. Kubicin showed diverse fungistatic and fungicidal activities when tested by direct contact assay, or in vapour phase. The volatile vapour of kubicin was effective on all tested fungal strains. These results suggest that vapours of kubicin might provide an alternative way to fight against fungal contamination.

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Biological activityFungiGas chromatographyOlfactometryTrimethylsilyl ether of thymol

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PMID32879789
PMCPMC7443090
OpenAlexW3050070687

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