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. 2024 Dec 27;11(4):979–988. doi: 10.5455/javar.2024.k848

Table 4. Effect of dietary plant-based flavonoid blend on serum biochemical indices of broilers.

Variables Flavonoid blend (FB)1/kg diet p-value2
0 0.2 0.4 0.6 Overall L Q C
Serum lipid profile (mg/dl)
TG 54.51b ± 1.79 66.41a ± 9.87 54.67b ± 5.40 39.88c ± 3.28 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 0.02
TC 116.03a ± 3.87 99.65ab ± 14.89 87.98b ± 3.02 95.44b ± 13.24 0.05 0.02 0.07 0.59
HDL-C 33.31b ± 3.30 43.62a ± 2.97 46.97a ± 2.72 46.77a ± 5.14 <0.01 <0.01 0.03 0.72
LDL-C 71.81a ± 6.18 42.74b ± 13.46 30.08b ± 3.05 41.02b ± 16.32 0.01 <0.01 0.01 0.80
VLDL-C 10.90b ± 0.35 13.28a ± 1.51 10.93b ± 1.08 7.97c ± 0.65 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 0.15
Serum protein indices (mg/dl)
TP 2.28 ± 0.24 2.61 ± 0.34 2.51 ± 0.23 3.41 ± 1.11 0.19 0.06 0.43 0.38
Albumin 0.99b ± 0.06 1.21b ± 0.13 1.69a ± 0.30 1.75a ± 0.13 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 0.02
Globulin 1.29 ± 0.21 1.40 ± 0.38 0.82 ± 0.23 1.56 ± 0.97 0.05 0.11 0.05 0.08
Uric acid 14.52 ± 0.53 14.23 ± 0.47 14.43 ± 0.61 13.70 ± 0.53 0.32 0.14 0.51 0.33
Liver health status (IU/l)
ALT 16.68a ± 1.50 12.53b ± 2.55 8.82c ± 2.27 6.30c ± 1.20 <0.01 <0.01 0.50 0.88
AST 6.02a ± 0.62 4.89ab ± 1.55 4.56ab ± 1.77 2.48b ± 1.82 0.10 0.02 0.60 0.53
ALP 39.21a ± 2.71 22.68b ± 6.90 15.65b ± 13.75 7.53b ± 7.35 0.01 <0.01 0.42 0.64
Serum mineral profile (mg/dl)
Ca 7.55 ± 0.55 7.74 ± 1.46 7.26 ± 0.52 7.38 ± 0.88 0.92 0.69 0.69 0.61
P 4.67 ± 0.57 4.70 ± 0.31 4.55 ± 0.48 4.40 ± 0.43 0.85 0.44 0.74 0.88

TG: triglycerides; TC: total cholesterol; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; VLDL-C: very low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; TP: total protein; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; ALP: alkaline phosphatase; Ca: calcium; P: phosphorus; mg/dl: milligram per deciliter; IU/l: international units per liter. 10 FB: basal diet containing mainly corn-soya bean meal without flavonoid blend and having ME = 2982 kcal/kg & CP = 21.61% in the starter and ME = 3051 kcal/kg & CP = 20.65% in grower); 0.2 FB: 0.2-gm flavonoid blend/kg diet; 0.4 FB: 0.4-gm flavonoid blend/kg diet; 0.6 FB: 0.6-gm flavonoid blend/kg diet. 2L: linear; Q: quadratic; C: cubic; values of different variables indicate as mean ± standard deviation; abcmeans values with dissimilar superscripts differ significantly (p < 0.05).