| FC | Fomes fomentarius strain sampled from Croatia |
| FB | Fomes fomentarius strain sampled from Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| FS | Fomes fomentarius strain sampled from Serbia |
| H2O | Hot water extract |
| EtOH | Hydroethanolic extract prepared with 70% ethanol |
| MeOH | Hydromethanolic extract prepared with 80% methanol |
| CHCl3 | Chloroform extract |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| AChE | Acetylcholinesterase |
| AAS | Atomic absorption spectrophotometry |
| HPLC-FD | High-performance liquid chromatography coupled with fluorescence detector |
| LC-MS/MS | Liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass-spectrometric detection |
| PA | Polyamine |
| PUT | Putrescine |
| SPD | Spermidine |
| SPM | Spermine |
| TPC | Total phenolic content |
| TCC | Total carbohydrate content |
| DPPH | 2,2-Diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl radical, DPPH• |
| ABTS | 2,2′-Azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid), ABTS•+ |
| NO | Nitric oxide radical, NO• |
| FRAP | Ferric reducing antioxidant power |
| FC | Folin–Ciocalteu |
| AAE | Ascorbic acid equivalents |
| GAE | Gallic acid equivalents |
| GluE | Glucose equivalents |
| TE | Trolox equivalents |
| d.w. | Dry weight |
| dH2O | Distilled water |
| PG | Propyl gallate |
| SD | Standard deviation |
| SEM | Standard error of the mean |
| PCA | Principal component analysis |