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Table 2 Activities of potential insecticide detoxifying enzymes in fresh and drain water Aedes aegypti. Enzyme activities are expressed as the mean carboxylesterase (EST) activity (µmo min−1 mg−1), mean glutathione S-transferase (GST) activity (µmo min−1 mg−1) and mean monoxygenase (MO) quantity (equivalent units of cytochrome P450 per mg). Eighty mosquitoes were individually assayed for each determination

From: Development of the major arboviral vector Aedes aegypti in urban drain-water and associated pyrethroid insecticide resistance is a potential global health challenge

Colony

Mean enzyme activity ± SE

GST

EST

MO

FW

0.09 ± 0.02

0.08 ± 0.01

0.006 ± 0.001

DW

0.33 ± 0.02

0.09 ± 0.01

0.020 ± 0.002

Comparison

t = 8.12; P < 0.001

t = 0.77; P = 0.222

t = 3.89; P < 0.001

  1. Abbreviation: SE, standard error of the mean