Table 3. Total amount of specific sugars present in An. gambiae mid-gut after feeding on different food regimes.
Type of sugar | Food regime | Mean amount ± SEM (ng) | CI | P-value |
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Mannose | P. hysterophorus | 55.44 ± 11.252 | -29.81–140.65 (a) | 0.237 |
R. communis | 32.41 ± 3.379 | -69.12–101.34 (a) | 0.928 | |
B. pilosa | 16.14 ± 1.911 | -52.85–117.61 (a) | 0.634 | |
Glucose | P. hysterophorus | 73.80 ± 10.536 | -77.01–141.61 (a) | 0.782 |
R. communis | 76.35 ± 9.440 | -110.48–108.14 (a) | 0.743 | |
B. pilosa | 40.33 ± 5.726 | -74.46–144.16 (a) | 1.000 | |
Glucose solution | 81.50 ± 0.545 | (a) | ||
Sucrose | P. hysterophorus | 7.42 ± 1.014 | -35.87–34.98 (a) | 1.000 |
R. communis | 24.61 ± 4.842 | -37.72–33.12 (a) | 0.473 | |
B. pilosa | 5.56 ± 0.018 | -18.68–52.18 (a) | 0.997 | |
Glucose solution | 7.86 ± 0.084 | (a) | ||
Maltose | P. hysterophorus | 114.96 ± 4.416 | -19.97–221.55 (a) | 0.105 |
R. communis | 130.19 ± 15.186 | -87.57–153.95 (a) | 0.06 | |
B. pilosa | 47.35 ± 5.865 | -4.74–236.78 (a) | 0.815 | |
Glucose solution | 14.17 ± 0.057 | (a) |
CI = confidence interval; CI marked with different letters are significantly different.