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. 2017 Sep 11;2017:7686904. doi: 10.1155/2017/7686904

Table 4.

Effects of metal ions on pectinase activity.

Metal Ion Enzyme activity (U/g)
CaCl2 1684.6 ± 20.0a
CoCl2 1618.5 ± 9.3a
FeCl2 1528.2 ± 15.1a
MgCl2 1739.3 ± 31.8a
MnCl2 944.0 ± 38.7a
Control 1272.4 ± 25.5a

(i) Values are mean ± S.D. of 3 replicates; (a) values followed by different superscripts are significantly different at P < 0.05; (b) values followed by same superscripts are not significantly different at (P < 0.05).