Inhibitory effect of 10 natural phenolic compounds on Fusarium verticillioides. A structure-property-activity relationship study

► Antifungal activity of ten natural phenolic compounds on Fusarium verticillioides. ► QSAR study on the inhibition of Fusarium verticillioides growth by phenolic compounds. ► Thymol, carvacrol, and isoeugenol followed by eugenol were the most active compounds. ► Lipophilicity, Molar refractivity and Saturated area were the properties that explained this activity. ► Mathematical model obtained was able to predict the antifungal activity.