Table 2.
Effect of melittin on serum, hepatic, and testicular antioxidant indices in heat-stressed quails.
| W × WH |
WH × WHA2 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item | W | WH | WHA2 | SEM | P value | SEM | P value |
| Serum | |||||||
| SOD (ng/mL) | 12.05 | 10.69 | 12.53 | 0.29 | 0.0036 | 0.72 | 0.0442 |
| GSH-Px (ng/mL) | 196.55 | 174.67 | 203.27 | 6.42 | 0.0144 | 6.68 | 0.0052 |
| MDA (nmol/mL) | 16.54 | 20.52 | 16.74 | 1.40 | 0.0297 | 1.28 | 0.0252 |
| Liver | |||||||
| SOD (ng/mL) | 14.32 | 12.68 | 14.89 | 0.41 | 0.0072 | 0.64 | 0.0135 |
| GSH-Px (ng/mL) | 242.97 | 212.05 | 247.13 | 7.21 | 0.0052 | 9.69 | 0.0111 |
| MDA (nmol/mL) | 13.79 | 18.22 | 15.42 | 0.67 | 0.0006 | 0.51 | 0.0015 |
The mean and standard error of the mean are used to express data.
P < 0.05 indicates a significant difference between the 2 groups.
Abbreviations: GSH-Px, glutathione peroxidase; MDA, malondialdehyde; SOD, superoxide dismutase.
W, control group; WH, heat stress group; WHA2, heat stress + melittin group.