Fig. 5

In vivo antioxidant activities of carotenoid microcapsules stored for 3 months. Results are expressed as the percentage of fluorescence in relation to control nematodes, which were not exposed to microcapsule treatments. “White rectangle” (Untreated); “Division slash” (No storage, freshly spray-dried); “Filled rectangle” (Storage at 4 °C without access to daylight); “Vertial lines” (Storage at 25 °C in daylight); “Filled diamond” (Storage at 25 °C without access to daylight). Statistical significance of differences (α = 0.05) between control and treated nematodes were determined by ANOVA (Letters between bars indicate significant differences)