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Table 5.

The effect of four hexane plant extracts against the activities of different esterase enzymes in mosquitoes.

Plant extracts	Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) (nmol ACh hydrolyzed/min/mg protein)	α-esterase (α-EST) (mmol/min/mg protein)	β-esterase (β-EST) (mmol/min/mg protein)
Control	13.68 ± 0.06^a	3.34 ± 0.08^a	4.48 ± 0.04^a
D. stramonium	7.33 ± 0.05^ab	1.79 ± 0.07^ab	2.40 ± 0.03^ab
C. annuum	10.13 ± 0.03^b	2.47 ± 0.04^b	3.32 ± 0.02^b
N. tabacum	5.77 ± 0.05 ^ab	1.41 ± 0.07 ^ab	1.89 ± 0.03 ^ab
W. somnifera	12.88 ± 0.03^b	3.00 ± 0.04^b	3.85 ± 0.02^b

Values were calculated from three replicates and expressed as mean ± SE; a, b & c: There is no significant difference (P > 0.05) between any two means, within the same column have the same superscript letter.