Previous works
(Lin and Shiah, 2006; Lin et al., 2006; Shiah et al., 2006) had
established a clear positive relationship between bamboo
vinegar and fungi resistance. The wood vinegars prepared
from different plant resources can be used as antifungal
agents to replace formic and acetic acids. Stronger antifungal
activity of wood vinegars was shown than that of both formic
and acetic acid. The antifungal property of wood vinegars
was in order of coconut shell wood vinegar>bamboo wood
vinegar>Eucalyptus wood vinegar according to their phenolic
compound contents (Yodthong and Niamsa, 2009).