Table 5.

Effect of Lonicerae flos and Turmeric extracts on antioxidant capacity of 60-day-old broilers.

Items	CON	LTE300	LTE500	SEM	P value
					ANOVA	Linear	Quadratic
Serum
T-AOC (U/mL)	9.30b	10.33a	10.21ab	0.199	0.050	0.024	0.319
SOD (U/mL)	158.12b	169.69a	163.28ab	1.644	0.022	0.043	0.038
MDA (nmol/mL)	4.58	4.04	4.18	0.109	0.087	0.056	0.245
Ileum
T-AOC (mmol/g prot)	0.18	0.21	0.18	0.006	0.069	0.994	0.024
SOD (U/mg prot)	19.99b	22.65a	21.58ab	0.442	0.032	0.060	0.046
MDA (nmol/mg prot)	2.38a	2.01ab	1.45b	0.154	0.038	0.014	0.514

Abbreviations: CON, control group, basal diet; LTE300, basal diet supplemented with 300 g/t LTE; LTE500, basal diet supplemented with 500 g/t LTE; MDA, malondialdehyde; SOD, superoxide dismutase; T-AOC, total antioxidant capacity.

^a,bMeans within a row with different superscripts differ significantly (P < 0.05).