Table 2. Level of malathion and chlorpyrifos residues (mg kg−1) in different species of mango fruits and their percent reduction after peeling.
| Mango | Pre mature n = 6 | Unripe n = 6 | Ripe n = 6 | Samples A | |||
| Malathion Mean ± SD | Chlorpyrifos Mean ± SD | Malathion Mean ± SD | Chlorpyrifos Mean ± SD | Malathion Mean ± SD | Chlorpyrifos Mean ± SD | Detected/Analysed | |
| Deshehari | 14/54 | ||||||
| Unpeeled | 0.969±0.050{3} | 0.090±0.035{4} | 0.062±0.020{3}*** | 0.028±0.005{2}** | 0.021±0.010{2}*** | ND | |
| (ND-1.185) | (ND-0.223) | (ND-0.197) | (ND-0.113) | (ND-0.304) | |||
| Peeled | 0.011±0.005{3}### | 0.048±0.050{4} | 0.040±0.025{3}* | 0.014±0.025{2} | ND | ND | |
| (ND-0.046) | (ND-0.142) | (ND-0.128) | (ND-0.057) | ||||
| % reduction | 98.86 | 46.66 | 35.48 | 50.00 | 100 | ND | |
| Langra | 11/54 | ||||||
| Unpeeled | 0.049±0.030{2} | 0.160±0.070{2} | 0.679±0.125{5}*** | ND | 0.213±0.050{2}*** | ND | |
| (ND-0.294) | (ND-0.313) | (ND-1.407) | (ND-0.853) | ||||
| Peeled | ND | ND | 0.272±0.015{5}### | ND | ND | ND | |
| (ND-0.932) | |||||||
| % reduction | 100 | 100 | 59.94 | ND | 100 | ND | |
| Safeda | 7/54 | ||||||
| Unpeeled | ND | ND | 0.480±0.015{5} | ND | 0.147±0.080{2} | ND | |
| (ND-0.908) | (ND-0.591) | ||||||
| Peeled | ND | ND | 0.139±0.025{5}### | ND | 0.035±0.650{2} | ND | |
| (ND-0.239) | (0.105) | ||||||
| % reduction | ND | ND | 71.04 | ND | 76.19 | ND | |
| Total Samples Detected/Analysed | 32/162 | ||||||
A
Total samples of each variety of mango.
Values within small parentheses ( ) indicates range of residues and middle {} indicates number of samples detected with pesticides.
* p<0.05, ** p<0.01, *** p<0.001, ###p<0.001.