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. 2020 Jul 4;6(7):e04268. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e04268

Table 8.

%IC50 of the Duckweed (% Area Inhibition and % Chlorophyll Inhibition), algae and Daphnia inhibition of the various wood leachates. Also, shown are the 95% confidence interval and the coefficient of regression.

Types of wood Duckweed Toxicity
% Area Inhibition
% Chlorophyll Inhibition
IC50 95% CI R2 IC50 95% CI R2
Mahogany 29.2 27.0–31.5 0.97 25.2 24.3–26.2 0.99
Cedrela 36.1 32.9–39.7 0.96 30.8 27.8–34.2 0.96
Wawa 34.0 31.6–36.7 0.97 34.0 31.6–36.7 0.97
Emire 29.4 28.1–30.7 0.99 28.6 27.7–29.4 0.99
Ceiba 34.1 31.8–36.6 0.97 29.1 25.6–33.1 0.95

% Algae Inhibition % Daphnia immobilization

IC50 95% CI R2 IC50 95% CI R2

Mahogany 27.7 25.9–29.7 0.98 21.5 18.5–24.9 0.94
Cedrela 40.5 37.7–43.6 0.97 35.3 31.3–39.9 0.92
Wawa 41.5 37.8–45.6 0.95 55.6 53.3–58.1 0.98
Emire 30.6 28.6–32.8 0.98 29.8 26.7–33.3 0.96
Ceiba 38.6 37.1–40.3 0.99 42.4 37.7–47.6 0.91