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Essential Oil Nanoemulsion as Antifungal Agents in the Conservation of the Painted Limestone Stela

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Material science

Abstract

The objective of this work was to isolate and identify fungal strains colonizing painted limestone rectangular funerary Stela of Dedusobek (Cairo CG 20236 \ Sr 3-9714)–Egyptian Museum, and evaluate the resistance effects of isolated fungi to essentials oils nanoemulsion (cinnamon, tea tree, and lemon). Essential oils (EOs) have been well-known for their antimicrobial properties and EOs have also been applied to treat the biodeterioration of cultural heritages as powerful source in green conservation. The use of essentials oils nanoemulsion as an alternative to traditional biocides should be considered. In the present study, we used the tea, lemon, and cinnamon oil nanoemulsions as antimicrobial agents to treat Stela-born fungal deterioration. Our study showed that cinnamon oil nanoemulsion had strong antimicrobial activity in vitro assays, which has been successfully confirmed by application on the biofilm revealed in the painted limestone Stela. The applied essentials oil nanoemulsion were characterized using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) as well as color measurements by CIELAB system. The results revealed that the antimicrobial activity of cinnamon oil nanoemulsion solution was enough to kill the fungal contaminants.

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2023.246237.8854

Keywords

Biodeterioration, essential oil nanoemulsions, Antifungal, cinnamon oil, Cultural heritage, green conservation

Authors

First Name

Seham

Last Name

Ramadan

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Affiliation

Conservation, Faculty of Aechaeology , Fayoum university, Egypt

Email

srm03@fayoum.edu.eg

City

Fayoum

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srm03@fayoum.edu.eg

First Name

Eid

Last Name

Mertah

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-

Affiliation

Conservation Department, Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, Egypt

Email

eid.mertah@yahoo.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

-

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Abdel-Aziz

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-

Affiliation

Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Division, National Research Centre, 33 El Behouth st.-Dokki, Giza, Egypt

Email

abdelaziz146@gmail.com

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Volume

67

Article Issue

7

Related Issue

47288

Issue Date

2024-07-01

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2023-11-11

Publish Date

2024-07-01

Page Start

485

Page End

496

Print ISSN

0449-2285

Online ISSN

2357-0245

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/article_330824.html

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330,824

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Original Article

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297

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Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/

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Essential Oil Nanoemulsion as Antifungal Agents in the Conservation of the Painted Limestone Stela

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Created At

30 Dec 2024