Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Research Article

Toxicity, Phytochemical Composition, and Enzyme Inhibitory Activities of Some Indigenous Weed Plant Extracts in Fruit Fly, Drosophila melanogaster

Table 6

Effect of different concentrations of weed plant extracts on the percent inhibition of enzymatic activity in Drosophila melanogaster larvae.
PlantsAChEAcPAkP-Carboxyl-Carboxyl
10%20%30%10%20%30%10%20%30%10%20%30%10%20%30%
E. prostrata
(; d.f. = 2; )(; d.f. = 2; )(; d.f. = 2; )(; d.f. = 2; )(; d.f. = 2; )
C. murale
(; d.f. = 2; )(; d.f. = 2; )(; d.f. = 2; )(; d.f. = 2; )(; d.f. = 2; )
A. indica
(; d.f. = 2; )(; d.f. = 2; )(; d.f. = 2; )(; d.f. = 2; )(; d.f. = 2; )
F. indica
(; d.f. = 2; )(; d.f. = 2; )(; d.f. = 2; )(; d.f. = 2; )(; d.f. = 2; )
P. hysterophorus
(; d.f. = 2; )(; d.f. = 2; )(; d.f. = 2; )(; d.f. = 2; )(; d.f. = 2; )
AChE: acetylcholinesterase, AcP: acid phosphatases, AkP: alkaline phosphatases, α-Carboxyl: α-carboxylesterases, and β-Carboxyl: β-carboxylesterases; means sharing the same letter within each treatment are not statistically different.