Table 1.

Effect of phenolic acids at concentration of 0.5 mM on the dry fungal biomass of cultures incubated at 25 °C for 14 days. Values expressed as mean values ± standard deviation (SD) of three biological replications.

Phenolic Acid	Dry Fungal Biomass (mg)
	F. langsethiae	F. sporotrichioides
Control	19.67 ± 0.70	28.83 ± 0.26
Caffeic acid	26.03 * ± 1.79	31.97 * ± 0.48
Chlorogenic acid	24.53 * ± 0.55	29.42 ± 0.43
Ferulic acid	24.27 * ± 1.42	33.74 * ± 1.16
p-Coumaric acid	19.63 ± 1.82	30.64 * ± 0.87

* Significant difference with respect to control according to t-test (p < 0.05).