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. 2024 Jul 20;103(11):104106. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2024.104106

Table 8.

Effect of strain (S) and diet (D) on diterpenes, pigment, and antioxidant capacity of breast meats from Fully Feathered (FF) and Naked Neck (NN) broilers fed Control (C) or Spirulina (SP) diets.

FF
NN
P-value
C SP C SP
Parameter n = 10 n = 9 n = 9 n = 10 RSD Strain Diet S×D
Diterpene profile, µg/g
 α-Tocopherol 5.36 0.95 5.16 1.06 0.936 0.8779 <0.0001 0.6164
 ϒ-Tocopherol + β-tocotrienol 0.11 0.03 0.12 0.03 0.013 0.2400 <0.0001 0.2166
 α-Tocotrienol n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d.
 β-Tocopherol n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d.
 Pigments, µg/100 g
 Total carotenoids 50.96 119.09 53.54 73.39 48.9 0.2245 <0.0171 0.1752
Antioxidant Capacity
 DPPH, RSA % 7.13 6.89 7.05 7.1 0.834 0.8530 0.6922 0.4960
 TPC, g GAE/g 37.56 35.96 38.00 35.65 3.487 0.0899 0.9546 0.7398

DPPH, 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl.

TPC, total phenolic compounds.