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. 2013 Jan 9;110(4):389–397. doi: 10.1038/hdy.2012.112

Table 2. Biochemical assay results for Ndja and Moz.

Enzyme Females and males (n=20+20)
Females only (n=20)
Males only (n=20)
  Ndja Moz Ndja Moz Ndja Moz
P450
 Mean 1.45 × 10−3 0.72 × 10−3 1.8 × 10−3 0.7 × 10−3 1.1 × 10−3 0.75 × 10−3
 Fold change 1.93 2.57 1.46
P 0.0051 0.0030 0.029
             
GST
 Mean 0.26 0.10 0.34 0.11 0.18 0.095
 Fold change 2.6 3.09 1.89
P 0.015 0.0066 0.20
       
pNPA
 Mean 0.12 0.092 0.14 0.075 0.11 0.11
 Fold change 1.3 1.86 1
P 0.064 0.0038 0.88
       
α-Napthyl acetate
 Mean 1.6 × 10−3 0.99 × 10−3 1.6 × 10−3 0.59 × 10−3 1.6 × 10−3 1.4 × 10−3
 Fold change 1.61 2.71 1.14
P 0.010 0.0011 0.53
       
β-Napthyl acetate
 Mean 1.6 × 10−3 1.2 × 10−3 1.6 × 10−3 1.0 × 10−3 1.7 × 10−3 1.4 × 10−3
 Fold change 1.33 1.6 1.21
P 0.083 0.11 0.38
             
Inhibition of AChE by propoxur/%
 Mean 92.8 92.6 96.5 96.9 89.2 88.2
P 0.83 0.75 0.58

Abbreviations: AChE, average percentage of inhibition of AChE by propoxur; GST, glutathione S-transferase activity; P450, equivalent units of cytochrome P450; pNPA, esterase activity with p-nitrophenyl acetate; α-/β-napthyl acetate, micromoles of α-/β-napthol produced per minute per milligram of protein.

P-values in bold show significant difference (<0.05) between Ndja and Moz.