Testing a new product based on essential oil with antifungal properties for treatment of natural leather

Tanned, crust or finished leather may be damaged by different types of molds, which irreversibly degrade natural leather (during processing or storage). This paper presents the resistance to Aspergillus niger strain of leather samples treated with the developed cinnamon essential oil-based product. Testing of antifungal product based on cinnamon oil was carried out monitoring the manner in which mold growth is influenced by the treatment applied to the sample through the resistance to mold in simulated contamination conditions. This product improves leather and leather product resistance to fungi, while ensuring a higher quality of natural leathers.