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. 2015 Oct 1;5:14672. doi: 10.1038/srep14672

Table 2. Effect of pH on Aflatoxin B1 Detoxification by C. citriodora leaf and branch extracts.

CONTROL PH 3 hr
6 hr
12 hr
24 hr
48 hr
72 hr
Toxin recovery(μg L−1) D % Toxin recover(μg L−1) D % Toxin recover(μg L−1) D % Toxin recover(μg L−1) D % Toxin recover(μg L−1) D % Toxin recovery(μg L−1) D %
Toxin AFB1   99.19r 0.81 99.12r 0.88 98.20r 1.80 97.70r 2.30 96.93qr 3.07 96.19o–r 3.81
Toxin + H2O PH 2 96.82pqr 3.18 95.38n–r 4.62 92.19k–p 7.81 90.42g–l 9.58 89.76e–l 10.24 87.37d–j 12.63
Toxin + H2O PH 4 96.16o–r 3.84 95.27n–r 4.73 90.75h–m 9.25 88.44d–l 11.56 87.00d–i 13.00 86.12c–h 13.88
Toxin + H2O PH 6 94.94m–r 5.06 92.52l–q 7.48 90.20f–l 9.80 88.00d–l 12.00 86.01c–g 13.99 85.57b–f 14.43
Toxin + H2O PH 8 91.85j–o 8.15 89.87e–l 10.13 87.66d–k 12.34 85.31b–e 14.69 84.12a–d 15.90 84.10a–d 15.88
Toxin + H2O PH 10 91.44i–n 8.56 87.78d–k 12.22 85.26b–e 14.74 82.34abc 17.66 81.19ab 18.81 80.06a 19.94
Toxin + H2O WpH 98.90r 1.10 97.36r 2.64 96.77pqr 3.23 96.44o–r 3.56 96.03o–r 3.97 95.81n-r 4.19
TREATMENT
 Corymbia Leaf + AFB1 Corymbia PH 2 38.92h–u 61.08 34.16c–u 65.84 29.40a–t 70.60 24.63a–o 75.37 19.87a–l 80.13 15.10a–j 84.90
  PH 4 31.67b–u 68.33 27.45a–r 72.55 23.24a–n 76.76 19.02a–l 80.98 14.81a–j 85.19 10.59a–i 89.41
  PH 6 26.53a–q 73.47 22.66a–n 77.34 18.79a–l 81.21 14.92a–j 85.08 11.05a–i 88.95 7.17a–e 92.83
  PH 8 22.95a–n 77.05 18.36a–l 81.64 13.77a–j 86.23 9.17a–g 90.83 7.70a–f 92.30 4.79abc 95.21
  PH 10 15.49a–j 84.51 12.47a–j 87.53 9.46a–h 90.54 6.44a–d 93.56 3.43ab 96.57 0.41a 99.59
  WpH 39.59i–u 60.41 35.16d–u 64.84 30.74b-t 69.26 26.31a–q 73.69 21.88a–m 78.12 17.45a–k 82.55
 Branch + AFB1 PH 2 57.42stu 42.58 56.26r–u 43.74 53.97o–u 46.03 50.27m–u 49.73 41.93j–u 58.07 39.94i–u 60.06
  PH 4 54.79p–u 45.21 53.32o–u 46.68 51.50n–u 48.50 49.75m–u 50.25 46.18k–u 53.82 38.14g–u 61.86
  PH 6 41.68j–u 58.32 37.54g–u 62.46 34.21c–u 65.79 31.50b–u 68.50 25.54a–q 74.46 22.92a–n 77.08
  PH 8 36.65e–u 63.35 35.46d–u 64.54 32.00b–u 68.00 29.91a–t 70.09 25.31a–p 74.69 21.71a–m 78.29
  PH 10 34.74d–u 65.26 31.46b–u 68.54 28.60a–t 71.40 28.01a–s 71.99 21.75a–m 78.25 16.04a–j 83.96
  WpH 61.07u 38.93 58.11tu 41.89 47.81q–u 45.01 47.81l–u 52.19 36.94f–u 63.06 30.87b–t 69.13

Data were analyzed by analysis of Variance (ANOVA). Values with different alphabetic letters indicate significant differences (P < 0.05) as determined by Tukey’s Multiple Range test. D%: Detoxification %age. WpH: without pH.