The Antioxidant Guaiacol Exerts Fungicidal Activity Against Fungal Growth and Deoxynivalenol Production in Fusarium graminearum

• Published in: Frontiers in microbiology Vol. 12; p. 762844
• Main Authors: Gao, Tao, Zhang, Yao, Shi, Jianrong, Mohamed, Sherif Ramzy, Xu, Jianhong, Liu, Xin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A 15.11.2021
• Subjects: antioxidant; deoxynivalenol; Fusarium graminearum; guaiacol; intracellular Ca2; Microbiology

The main component of creosote obtained from dry wood distillation—guaiacol—is a natural antioxidant that has been widely used in pharmaceutical and food preservation applications. However, the antifungal mechanism of guaiacol against phytopathogens remains unclear. In this study, we found that guai...