Table 6.
Effect of curcumin on activities of the liver fat metabolism-related enzymes of diquat-challenged broilers.
| Items | Control group | DQ1 | The amount of curcumin |
SEM2 |
P value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 mg/kg | 100 mg/kg | 150 mg/kg | ANOVA | Linear | Quadratic | ||||
| FAS3 (U/mg prot) | 436.47 | 392.84 | 414.50 | 358.03 | 361.65 | 10.21 | 0.156 | 0.098 | 0.649 |
| ACC4 (mU/mg prot) | 30.98 | 28.50b | 26.01ab | 22.97ab | 21.95a | 1.21 | 0.046 | 0.040 | 0.757 |
| HSL5 (mU/mg prot) | 19.71 | 24.95 | 20.86 | 23.72 | 22.55 | 0.73 | 0.243 | 0.505 | 0.318 |
a,b
Within a row, means with different superscripts differ significantly (P < 0.05). Values are means (n = 8).
1–5
DQ, diquat group; SEM, the standard error of the means; FAS, fatty acid synthetase; ACC, acetyl CoA carboxylase; HSL, hormone-sensitive triglyceride lip.