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. 2016 Jul 14;7:1105. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01105

Table 3.

Effect of pH on detoxification of AFB1 and AFB2 by C. fistula and O. basilicum aqueous extracts after 72 h of Incubation.

Treatments % Detoxification AFB1
% Detoxification AFB2
pH 2 pH 4 pH 6 pH 8 pH 2 pH 4 pH 6 pH 8
Toxin + water 12.67c C 13.88d C 14.87d B 16.49d A 5.43d D 9.69d C 11.00d B 12.86d A
C. fistula leaves + toxin 40.12bc C 39.23c BC 40.58c B 54.37c A 36.68c D 48.67c C 51.03bc B 53.05c A
C. fistula branch + toxin 34.83bc C 35.48c BC 36.85c B 40.73c A 32.95c D 44.35c C 47.25c B 49.47c A
O. basilicum leaves + toxin 78.81a D 80.62a C 83.58a B 90.43a A 72.77a C 76.08a BC 77.37a B 88.69a A
O. basilicum branch + toxin 46.67b D 52.34b C 63.45b B 74.97b 44.72b D 55.86b C 59.50b B 62.57b A

Values are mean of three replicates. Small alphabetic letters with different values indicate significant differences (p < 0.05) among tested plant extracts. Capital alphabetic letters with different values indicate significant differences (p < 0.05) among pH treatments.