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Table 4 Microtitre plate assays of enzyme activity

From: Biochemical basis of permethrin resistance in Anopheles arabiensis from Lower Moshi, north-eastern Tanzania

 

Optical Density values: Mean (CI)

 

α - esterase (n = 39)

β - esterase (n = 22)

Oxidase (n = 30)

Susceptible

0.79 (0.52-1.05)

0.26 (0.23-0.30)

0.12 (0.11-0.13)

Wild

0.84 (0.58-1.11)

0.48 (0.36-0.60)

0.17 (0.20-0.14)

Difference

-0.05* (-0.45, 0.34)

-0.22** (-0.35, -0.08)

-0.06** (-0.08, -0.03)