Table-5.
Effect of diet supplemented with Artemisia annua (%−1 diet) on spleen 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 | |||
| Spleen antioxidant | |||||||||
| CAT (U/g) | 368.25c | 378.66b | 378.66b | 383.25a | *** | >0.0001 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| GSH (mg/g) | 55.57c | 64.4475c | 72.25b | 88.50a | *** | >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, SOD=Superoxide dismutase, CAT=Catalase, GSH=Glutathione, SEM=Standard error of the mean, C=Control, and T=Treatment