Total phenolic and lignin contents, phytochemical screening, antioxidant and fungal inhibition properties of the heartwood extractives of ten Congo Basin tree species

Table 2 Effect of extractives on wood sawdust fungal colonization

	Wood sawdust	Bahia	Bilinga	Doussie	Moabi	Movingui	Okan	Okoume	Ozigo	Padouk	Tali	Poplar
Pycnoporus sanguineus	Unextracted	+++	−	+	+	+	+	nd	++	+	−	+++
Pycnoporus sanguineus	Extracted	+++	−	+	++	+++	+	nd	++	+++	+	+++
Phanerochaete chrysosporium	Unextracted	nd	−	−	+	−	−	+	+	+	nd	++
Phanerochaete chrysosporium	Extracted	nd	−	+	+	+	−	++	++	+	nd	++

The parameter that is evaluated visually is the colonized surface. All tests are conducted thrice
nd test not done (lack of sufficient quantities of sawdust), +++ Important growth of fungus, ++ moderate growth of fungus, + poor growth of fungus, − no growth

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