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Title Antifungal Performance of Hwangtoh Mortars with Natural Antifungal Substances
Authors 소형석(Hyoung-Seok So) ; 김정우(Jung-Woo Kim) ; 이보람(Bo-Ram Lee) ; 소승영(Seung-Young So)
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.4334/JKCI.2015.27.1.075
Page pp.75-83
ISSN 1229-5515
Keywords 모르타르 ; 천연 항균물질 ; 항곰팡이 성능 ; 장기 항곰팡이 성능 ; 건자재 hwangtoh mortar ; natural antifungal substance ; antifungal performance ; long-term antifungal effect ; building material
Abstract This study discusses the long-term antifungal effect and antifungal performance of Hwangtoh mortars with various natural antifungal substances on five types of mold: Chaetomium globosum, Aspergillus niger, Aureobasidium pullulans, Gliocladium virens, and Penicillium pinophilum, which can be easily detected in the indoors and outdoors of buildings in damp environments. The antifungal performances of various natural antifungal substances extracted from Marjoram, Phytoncide, Thyme, Ginkgo leaves, and Chitosan (oligosaccharide) were investigated on the five types of mold, as a basic experiment. Using the natural antifungal substances selected for the basic experiment, antifungal mortars were made, and their antifungal performance and long-term antifungal effects were also investigated. The results clearly showed that the marjoram extract and their associated mortars had excellent antifungal performance. Also, their long-term antifungal effects were outstanding and at an equivalent level to those of the mortars with organic chemical antifungal agents. The optimum addition rate of the marjoram extract in the mortar was 5% by mass of binder. It was also shown that the phytoncide extract in the mortar needed an addition rate of more than 10% according to the mass of binder, considering the long-term antifungal effect and the antifungal performance.