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Table 7.

The effect of four hexane plant extracts against markers of the antioxidant defense in mosquitoes.

Plant extracts	SOD (units/g tissue)	G-S-T (units/g tissue)	CAT (U/mg protein/min)	GSH (µg/mg protein)	LPO (nmol/mg protein)	TPC (nmol/mg protein)
Control	3.56 ± 0.04^a	61.41 ± 0.53^a	5.32 ± 0.04^a	2.37 ± 0.02^a	3.61 ± 0.05^b	5.63 ± 0.04^b
D. stramonium	1.91 ± 0.03^ab	32.91 ± 0.43^ab	2.85 ± 0.03^ab	1.23 ± 0.01^ab	6.74 ± 0.06^ab	10.50 ± 0.05^ab
C. annuum	2.17 ± 0.02^b	37.57 ± 0.27^b	3.26 ± 0.02^b	1.45 ± 0.01^b	5.90 ± 0.10^a	9.20 ± 0.08^a
N. tabacum	1.50 ± 0.03 ^ab	25.91 ± 0.43 ^ab	2.25 ± 0.03 ^ab	0.97 ± 0.01 ^ab	8.56 ± 0.06 ^ab	13.34 ± 0.05 ^ab
W. somnifera	2.63 ± 0.02^b	45.45 ± 0.27^b	3.94 ± 0.02^b	1.76 ± 0.01^b	4.88 ± 0.10^a	7.60 ± 0.08^a

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.