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Table 4.

Effect of type and concentration of plasticizer on light transmission (%) and transparency (A600/mm) of gum cordia films

Plasticizer	Conc. (%)	Wavelength (nm)								Transparency
Plasticizer	Conc. (%)	200	280	350	400	500	600	700	800	Transparency
None	None	0.1	0.2	16.3	36.5	59.5	65.4	73.8	74.2	2.61 ± 0.05^k
Glycerol	10	0.1	0.3	16.3	39.3	61.6	68.3	73.0	75.5	2.13± 0.08^ghij
	15	0.1	0.3	16.4	39.5	62.0	68.5	73.4	75.9	2.04± 0.06^efg
	20	0.1	0.3	16.5	39.8	62.3	68.7	73.8	76.3	1.79± 0.09^cd
	25	0.1	0.3	16.7	40.2	63.1	69.3	74.7	77.3	1.57 ± 0.10^bcd
	30	0.1	0.2	16.9	40.6	63.6	69.9	75.4	78.0	1.39 ± 0.14^a
Sorbitol	10	0.1	0.3	16.2	39.0	61.2	67.1	72.5	74.9	2.25 ± 0.10^ij
	15	0.1	0.3	16.3	39.2	61.4	67.2	72.7	75.2	2.15 ± 0.14^ghij
	20	0.1	0.3	16.3	39.3	61.6	67.2	73.0	75.5	1.94 ± 0.04^ef
	25	0.1	0.3	16.5	39.6	62.1	67.8	73.6	76.1	1.70 ± 0.11^bc
	30	0.1	0.3	16.6	40.0	62.7	68.2	74.3	76.9	1.67 ± 0.07^bc
PEG 200	10	0.1	0.3	16.3	39.2	61.5	66.8	72.9	75.3	2.21 ± 0.04^hij
	15	0.1	0.3	16.5	39.7	62.2	67.4	73.7	76.2	2.18 ± 0.07^ghij
	20	0.1	0.3	16.7	40.1	62.9	68.0	74.5	77.1	1.90 ± 0.04^de
	25	0.1	0.3	16.7	40.3	63.2	68.3	74.9	77.5	1.68 ± 0.06^bc
	30	0.1	0.3	16.7	40.3	63.1	68.2	74.8	77.4	1.66 ± 0.05^bc
PEG 400	10	0.1	0.3	16.2	39.0	61.2	66.0	72.5	74.9	2.28 ± 0.13^ij
	15	0.1	0.3	16.4	39.4	61.8	66.7	73.2	75.7	2.17 ± 0.09^ghij
	20	0.1	0.3	16.5	39.8	62.4	67.3	73.9	76.4	2.14 ± 0.10^ghij
	25	0.1	0.3	16.7	40.2	63.0	67.9	74.6	77.2	2.08 ± 0.04^fgh
	30	0.1	0.3	16.7	40.3	63.2	68.1	74.9	77.5	2.10 ± 0.07^gh

Data is presented as mean ± standard error, n = 3

Means with different superscript alphabets in the columns are significantly different (P < 0.05)