Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, Vol.655, No.1, 103-113, 2017
Zingiber officinale based bioproduct. Properties and influence on some cellulolytic and keratinolytic fungi
Two biomaterials obtained from Zingiber officinale were tested in order to reveal their antioxidant and antifungal properties: bioproduct 1 obtained by rhizomes hydrodistilation and bioproduct 2 obtained by pressing rhizomes. Chemiluminescence studies, showed that the bioproduct 1 posseses a strong antioxidant activity, which ranged between 97 divided by 99% while the bioproduct 2, has an antioxidant activity which range between 45.21%divided by 12.55%. The best antifungal activity were obtain against Fusarium oxysporum (DL50 = 1139 mu L.L-1), Fusarium gramin-earum (DL50 = 1199 mu L.L-1), Tricoderma viride (DL50 = 1323 mu L.L-1) Aspergillus ochraceus (DL50 = 1529 mu L.L-1), Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (DL50 = 1650 mu L.L-1), and Botrytis alii (DL50 = 1905 mu L.L-1). The most resistant strains against were Aspergillus oryzae (DL50= 2971 mu L.L-1) and Aspergillus terreus (DL50 = 5788 mu L.L-1).