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Table 3 Enzyme activities of the Anopheles arabiensis SENN DDT strain at ambient (25 °C) and elevated (37 °C) temperatures

From: The effect of elevated temperatures on the life history and insecticide resistance phenotype of the major malaria vector Anopheles arabiensis (Diptera: Culicidae)

Treatment

Two-sample t test

Enzyme

Enzyme activity at 25 °C (±SD)

Enzyme activity at 37 °C (±SD)

P450 (cytochrome P450 equivalents/mg/ml)

0.0016 (±0.001)

0.0012 (±0.001)

P = 0.19

T = 1.30; df = 94

α-Esterase (α-Napthol equivalents/mg/ml)

0.0805 (±0.006)

0.0895 (±0.010)

P = 0.45

T = −0.76; df = 94

β-Esterase (β-Napthol equivalents/mg/ml)

0.1279 (±0.012)

0.1283 (±0.023)

P = 0.98

T = −0.02; df = 94