Journal of Insect Science: Vol. 9 | Article 52

Table 3. Enzyme induction of post third instar Spodoptera litura fed with either whole leaf or with plant extract in diet

Sesame leaf fed to larvae	120,000 xg Supernatant ^a						Preciptate
	Esterase (μmol/min/mg) (α-NA)		Glutathione s-transferase (nmol/min/mg)				Oxidases (nmol/mg) (CO)
	Esterase (μmol/min/mg) (α-NA)		(CDNB)		(DCNB)		Oxidases (nmol/mg) (CO)
	Extract	Leaf	Extract	Leaf	Extract	Leaf	Extract	Leaf
11Pusan	103.91± 3.01^b	23.41± 0.52^ab	1982.8± 5.6^b	452.5 ±0.3^ab	11.15 ±0.51^b	7.38 ±0.18^ab	0.72 ±0.01	nd
19Chinese-35	66.43 ±5.34^ab	17.23 ±0.72^ab	1448. ±8 0.2^b	425.5 ±1.5^ab	6.07 ±0.17^ab	7.07 ±0.66^ab	1.18± 0.05	nd
24Nanbu-twasaki	73.09±10.41^ab	17.97± 0.52^ab	867.7 ±0.9^ab	522.0 ±1.2^ab	6.85 ±0.80^ab	7.23 ±0.59^ab	nd	nd
29Bode-5	60.90 ±3.21^ab	23.08 ±1.74^ab	996.1± 0.2^ab	477.7± 0.8^ab	5.55 ±0.40^ab	5.64 ±0.44^ab	nd	nd
45Laos	63.90 ±4.85^ab	23.64 ±0.97^ab	1862.4± 0.3^b	479.5± 0.1^ab	8.57 ±1.59^ab	4.27 ±0.64^ab	nd	nd
47Myanmar	52.98 ±0.70^ab	21.69 ±0.48^ab	1942.6 ±0.2^b	599.6 ± 0.4^b	7.95 ±0.56^ab	7.52 ±0.39^ab	0.92 ±0.04	2.47 ±0.09
53Sudan-534	64.24±12.21^ab	34.00 ± 0.17^b	2138.3± 0.2^b	580.1 ± 0.7^b	6.38 ±0.64^ab	5.20 ±0.55^ab	nd	nd
56S-radiatum	56.62±12.20^ab	24.83± 7.30^ab	2343.9 ±2.4^b	419.3 ±0.1^ab	6.59 ±0.24^ab	9.26 ± 0.99^b	1.21± 0.14	nd
Solvent (diet)	25.52 ± 1.48^a	14.67 ± 0.06^a	379.2 ±0.5^a	275.7 ± 1.7^a	2.41 ± 0.16^a	1.75 ± 0.15^a	nd	nd

^aMidgut homogenates, after leaf feeding or 3% (w/w) crude extract with artificial diet for five days.

Values are mean ±SD of 2-3 readings, means followed by the same superscripts in a column are not significantly different; (Kruskal-Wallis test followed by Bonferroni’s multivariate comparison procedures P<0.05).

nd: not detected