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Table 6 Effect of different doses of gamma irradiation on the antioxidant (% of DPPH scavenging) and cytotoxic (% of viability) activities of A. sydowii AUMC14506 and A. flavus AUMC14507

From: Bioprospecting endophytic fungi for bioactive metabolites and use of irradiation to improve their bioactivities

Gamma irradiation dose

DPPH scavenging (%)

Viability (%)

(Gy)

AUMC14506

AUMC14507

AUMC14506

AUMC14507

0.00 (C)

14.65 ± 1.32d

13.87 ± 1.78d

31.55 ± 1.32b

40.87 ± 1.11b

250

22.55 ± 1.87c

22.52 ± 1.03c

28.01 ± 1.74c

36.41 ± 1.86c

500

28.09 ± 2.11b

27.89 ± 2.43b

14.99 ± 2.06d

22.87 ± 4.11d

1000

53.67 ± 3.65a

48.87 ± 2.11a

09.96 ± 0.41e

09.41 ± 5.92e

2000

10.55 ± 1.83d

11.06 ± 1.01d

45.57 ± 2.33a

43.05 ± 1.23a

4000

0.00e

0.00e

0.00f

0.00f

  1. Calculated mean is for triplicate measurements from two independent experiments ± SD, a−f means with different superscripts in the same column for each nanoparticle are considered statistically different (LSD test, P ≤ 0.05)