Table-4.
Effect of diet supplemented with Artemisia annua (%−1 diet) on liver antioxidant of broiler chickens (mean±standard error).
| Item | Control | Artemisia annua (%−1 diet) | Pooled SEM | p-value | |||||
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| 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.9 | T | C versus 3% T | C versus 6% T | C versus 9% T | |||
| Liver antioxidant | |||||||||
| CAT (U/g) | 1030.25c | 1252.25c | 1355b | 1626.00a | *** | >0.0001 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| GSH (mg/g) | 46.52c | 55.98c | 64b | 83.00a | *** | >0.0001 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| SOD (U/mg) | 745.07c | 752.25b | 933.04a | 933.5a | *** | >0.0001 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
1Means within a row with different superscripts (a, b, c) significantly differ (*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01,
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p < 0.001), NS=Not significant, CAT=Catalase, GSH=Glutathione, SOD=Superoxide dismutase, SEM=Standard error of the mean, C=Control, and T=Treatment