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. 2023 Oct 3;14:1271384. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2023.1271384

TABLE 5.

Effect of QG on serum biochemical and immune indicators of rabbits fed a ZEN-contaminated diet.

Items Control group ZEN group ZEN + QG group SEM p-value
ALT, U/L 19.54a 29.38b 23.18a 1.264 0.002
AST, U/L 15.36 19.81 17.75 0.790 0.064
ALP, U/L 83.27a 96.33b 86.04ab 2.290 0.045
TBA, μmol/L 5.73a 10.15b 7.65c 0.469 <0.001
TB, μmol/L 21.80a 32.59b 27.86ab 1.380 0.002
IgG, mg/L 875.87 791.21 885.90 20.286 0.109
IgA, mg/L 65.20b 53.15a 59.53ab 1.934 0.031
IgM, mg/L 16.80 14.18 17.57 0.863 0.254
C3, μg/mL 112.62b 90.34a 101.48ab 3.742 0.044
C4, μg/mL 147.68 138.02 152.23 4.192 0.385

a, b, c Within a row, means with different superscripts differ significantly (p < 0.05). Values are means (n = 8).

ZEN, group, 600 μg/kg zearalenone supplementation group; ZEN + QG, group, 600 μg/kg zearalenone and 100 mg/kg quercetagetin supplementation group; SEM, the standard error of the means; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; ALP, alkaline phosphatase; TBA, total bile acid; TB, total bilirubin; IgG, immunoglobulin G; IgA, immunoglobulin A; IgM, immunoglobulin M; C3, complement 3; C4, complement 4.