Antifungal and antitermitic activities of wood vinegar from oil palm trunk

Journal of Wood Science

Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 3 Growth inhibition performance of wood vinegars from oil palm trunk against Trametes versicolor and Fomitopsis palustris on the PDA media

Treatment		Inhibition (%)^a
Wood vinegar	Concentrations of wood vinegars in PDA media (%)	T. versicolor	F. palustris
Control	0	0.00 ± 0.00 A	0.00 ± 0.00 A
W1	0.5	59.63 ± 2.07 C	14.07 ± 2.57 B
	1.0	100 ± 0.00 E	47.04 ± 2.80 E
	1.5	100 ± 0.00 E	86.67 ± 3.34 H
W2	0.5	28.15 ± 0.57 B	11.85 ± 0.61 B
	1.0	63.70 ± 3.76 C	28.89 ± 1,11 C
	1.5	96.67 ± 5.16 E	54.07 ± 3.21 F
W3	0.5	26.30 ± 1.52 B	1.85 ± 3.21 A
	1.0	79.26 ± 6.47 D	36.30 ± 1.70 D
	1.5	100 ± 0.00 E	61.85 ± 0.64 G

Numbers followed by different letters (A–H) are significantly different at the level of p < 0.05 according to Duncan’s multiple range test
W1 wood vinegar produced at 350 °C, W2 wood vinegar produced at 400 °C, W3 wood vinegar produced at 450 °C
^aMeans (n = 3) ± SD