Antifungal activity of some plant extracts and essential oils against fungi‐infested organic archaeological artefacts

The determination of the antifungal activities of nine kinds of powdered plant extracts and five essential oils was studied in vitro against four of the most common fungal species ( Aspergillus flavus , A. versicolor , Penicillium sp. and P. purpurogenum ), which were isolated from different organic materials from archaeological artefacts such as papyrus and linen. The essential oils showed greater efficacy than the powdered plant extracts,...