*2.9. Statistical Analysis*

The data were analyzed statistically using the one-way procedure in Statistica (version 7.0) (StatSoft. Inc, Tulsa, OK, USA), followed by a linear one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). The results were expressed as mean ± standard deviation (SD) determined from the triplicate experiments. The differences were examined using the Tukey post hoc test with a 95% confidence level, i.e., a significant level (*p*) of 0.05.
