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The Essential Oil of Thymbra capitata and its Application as A Biocide on Stone and Derived Surfaces

2019

Many chemicals used nowadays for the preservation of cultural heritage pose a risk to both human health and the environment. Thus, it is desirable to find new and eco-friendly biocides that can replace the synthetic ones. In this regard, plant essential oils represent effective alternatives to synthetic substances for the preservation of historical monuments. Thymbra capitata (syn. Thymus capitatus) is a medicinal and aromatic plant growing in the Mediterranean area and endowed with important pharmacological properties related to its essential oil. Among them, the antimicrobial ones make the T. capitata essential oil an ideal candidate for industrial applications

BiocideStone surface<i>Thymbra capitata</i>02 engineering and technologyPlant Science01 natural sciencesThymbra capitataessential oillaw.inventionchemistry.chemical_compoundHuman healthfoodstone surfaceslawnatural biocideThymbra capitataCarvacrolSettore BIO/15 - Biologia FarmaceuticaEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsEssential oilSettore CHIM/02 - Chimica FisicaEcology010405 organic chemistryChemistrybiological inhibitionBotanySettore CHIM/06 - Chimica Organicacultural heritage021001 nanoscience & nanotechnologyPulp and paper industryfood.food0104 chemical sciencesbiodeteriogensPickering emulsionQK1-989CapitataBiodeteriogenMediterranean areaThymus capitatus0210 nano-technologyPlants
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Biodeterioration

2022

The biodeterioration of organic and inorganic materials, as well as polymers, is a complex of alteration processes induced by the growing and metabolic activity of organisms. It can be recognized on monuments, wall paintings, stone, wood, paper, vegetal/animal fibers, and parchment artworks. As defined by Hueck, 1968, biodeterioration is “any undesirable change in the properties of a material caused by the vital activities of organisms”; this definition is accepted as the meaning of the phenomenon. Both macroorganisms (such as animals, plants, and mosses) and microorganisms (such as autotrophic or heterotrophic bacteria, microfungi, cyanobacteria, algae, and lichens) represent the triggers …

Settore BIO/03 - Botanica Ambientale E ApplicataCultural heritage material · Wall painting · Microbial colonization · Stone surface · Sampling and culture methods
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The Essential Oil of

2019

Many chemicals used nowadays for the preservation of cultural heritage pose a risk to both human health and the environment. Thus, it is desirable to find new and eco-friendly biocides that can replace the synthetic ones. In this regard, plant essential oils represent effective alternatives to synthetic substances for the preservation of historical monuments. Thymbra capitata (syn. Thymus capitatus) is a medicinal and aromatic plant growing in the Mediterranean area and endowed with important pharmacological properties related to its essential oil. Among them, the antimicrobial ones make the T. capitata essential oil an ideal candidate for industrial applications; for instance, as biocide f…

stone surfacesPickering emulsionnatural biocidebiological inhibitioncultural heritageThymbra capitataArticleessential oilbiodeteriogensPlants (Basel, Switzerland)
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