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Table 2.

Enzyme activities at different time intervals during decolorization process of amaranth

Enzyme assay	0 h (Control)	24 h	36 h	48 h
Lignin peroxidase^a (Intracellular)	0.245 ± 0.034	0.289 ± 0.004**	0.367 ± 0.040**	0.274 ± 0.025
Lignin peroxidase^a (Extracellular)	0.034 ± 0.010	0.045 ± 0.002*	0.067 ± 0.003***	0.083 ± 0.040***
Laccase^b (Intracellular)	0.012 ± 0.01	0.016 ± 0.001**	0.023 ± 0.004***	0.019 ± 0.02**
NADH–DCIP reductase^c	14.30 ± 0.59	15.46 ± 0.61	32.49 ± 0.63***	18.19 ± 0.63*
MG reductase^d	18.00 ± 0.81	17.62 ± 0.74	16.81 ± 0.72	14.02 ± 0.31
Riboflavin reductase^e	0.89 ± 0.07	2.33 ± 0.05**	5.23 ± 0.11***	6.14 ± 0.11***

^aμmoles of formaldehyde produced/mg of protein/min

^bUnits of enzyme/mg of protein/min

^cμg of DCIP reduced/mg of protein/min

^dμg of MG reduced/mg of protein/min

^eμg of riboflavin reduced/mg of protein/min

Significantly different than the control at * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01, *** P < 0.001 by Tukey–Kramer Multiple Comparison Test. Data was analyzed by one-way ANOVA, values are mean of three experiments, SEM (±)