Table 2 Mean optical density values for glutathione S-transferase (GST), monooxygenase (Oxy) and esterase (Est) enzymes using α and β napthyl acetate as substrates.
n | GST | Oxy | αEst | βEst | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Females | An. parensis | 24 | 0.024 (0.003) | 0.335 (0.022) | 0.134 (0.018) | 0.115 (0.016) |
An. funestus (FANG) | 24 | 0.022 (0.002) | 0.324 (0.016) | 0.201 (0.026) | 0.16 (0.021) | |
p | 0.73 | 0.69 | 0.04 | 0.1 | ||
Males | An. parensis | 24 | 0.024 (0.003) | 0.245 (0.007) | 0.173 (0.023) | 0.178 (0.017) |
An. funestus (FANG) | 24 | 0.024 (0.002) | 0.246 (0.01) | 0.207 (0.027) | 0.14 (0.018) | |
p | 0.86 | 0.94 | 0.35 | 0.16 |