Table 10.

Oxidative damage products and immune response from mid-jejunal mucosa of pigs fed with ground herb-based phytobiotics¹ and essential oil-based phytobiotics²

Item3	Treatment4				SEM	P value
	NC	PC	HP	EP		NC vs. PC	PC vs. HP	PC vs. EP
Unit/mg protein
IL-6, pg	29.7	27.0	36.2	23.9	4.7	0.642	0.153	0.652
IL-8, pg	1.45	1.42	1.21	1.55	0.22	0.931	0.494	0.693
TNFα, pg	3.67	2.85	3.97	3.72	0.57	0.334	0.159	0.260
IgA, μg	2.89	2.70	2.43	2.64	0.37	0.703	0.625	0.915
IgG, μg	2.14	1.88	2.47	2.17	0.45	0.686	0.353	0.648
MDA, μmol	0.42	0.41	0.45	0.40	0.09	0.911	0.716	0.970
Protein carbonyl, nmol	1.34	1.71	0.95	1.48	0.27	0.332	0.053	0.567

¹Salcochek Pro (Ayurvet Limited).

²Liq-biotic (Ayurvet Limited).

³IL-6, interleukin-6, IL-8, interleukin-8; TNFα, tumor necrosis factor-alpha; IgA, immunoglobulin A; IgG, immunoglobulin G; MDA, malondialdehyde.

⁴NC, basal diet, non-challenged pigs; PC, basal diet, challenged with F18⁺E. coli; HP, basal diet + 1% ground herb-based phytobiotics, challenged with F18⁺E. coli; EP, basal diet + 1% essential oil-based phytobiotics, challenged with F18⁺E. coli.