Kraft lignin as a partial replacement for a traditional surfactant in thymol-based biocidal suspensions: physical and chemical features

Thymol is a renewable substance and has a high antimicrobial efficiency, which indicates that it could be used to produce sustainable biocides. In this study, we used kraft lignin as a partial replacement for a traditional surfactant in order to solubilize thymol in water. In this sense, this article reports an unprecedented method for using a kraft lignin solution to stabilize a thymol-based biocide with high fungicidal activity. The results...