Table 4 Effect of extracts from the inner five annual rings of Sequoia sempervirens heartwood (Tree A) on the growth of Gloeophyllum trabeum (Gt) and Trametes versicolor (Tv)
Fungus | Solvent | Absolute growth rate (mm h−1) | Standard error of absolute growth rate (mm h−1) | Relative growth rate1(%) | Standard error of relative growth rate (%) | Potency2(%(activity)%(extractive content)−1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gt | Water | 0.222 | ±0.0055 | 80 | ±1.1 | 4 |
Ethanol | 0.197 | ±0.0049 | 71 | ±1.0 | 5 | |
Ethanol → Ethyl acetate3 | 0.183 | ±0.0024 | 65 | ±0.6 | 10 | |
Acetone | 0.174 | ±0.0025 | 62 | ±0.6 | 10 | |
Ethyl acetate | 0.213 | ±0.0049 | 76 | ±1.0 | 17 | |
Dichloromethane | 0.239 | ±0.0035 | 85 | ±0.8 | 25 | |
|  | Control | 0.274 | ±0.0023 |  |  |  |
Tv | Water | 0.428 | ±0.0050 | 77 | ±0.7 | 4 |
Ethanol | 0.320 | ±0.0107 | 58 | ±1.1 | 7 | |
Ethanol → Ethyl acetate3 | 0.278 | ±0.0115 | 50 | ±1.1 | 14 | |
Acetone | 0.335 | ±0.0096 | 60 | ±1.0 | 11 | |
Ethyl acetate | 0.465 | ±0.0056 | 84 | ±0.8 | 11 | |
Dichloromethane | 0.569 | ±0.0045 | 103 | ±0.9 | −5 | |
|  | Control | 0.553 | ±0.0040 |  |  |  |