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Table 6.

Effects of benzoic acid and thymol on digestive enzyme activity in jejunum of piglets

Item	Treatment¹				SEM	p-values

	C	BT1	BT2	BT3
14d
Trypsin (U·10³/mg pro)	42.7^b	60.2^ab	54.4^ab	65.0^a	4.93	0.03
Amylase (U/mg pro)	293^b	375^a	358^a	377^a	13.87	<0.01
Lipase (U·10³/g pro)	1.25^b	1.99^a	2.18^a	2.19^a	0.09	<0.01
Maltase (U·10³/mg pro)	0.81^b	1.02^a	1.02^a	1.15^a	0.05	<0.01
Lactase (U/mg pro)	33.8^d	68.0^b	59.9^c	88.8^a	4.89	<0.01
Sucrase (U/mg pro)	82.8^b	99.4^b	90.7^b	177^a	10.8	<0.01
42 d
Trypsin (U·10³/mg pro)	39.2	47.0	46.1	48.2	4.82	0.57
Amylase (U/mg pro)	301	369	346	373	28.0	0.29
Lipase (U·10³/g pro)	2.16^b	2.56^ab	2.64^ab	2.76^a	0.14	0.04
Maltase (U·10³/mg pro)	0.39	0.43	0.41	0.45	0.06	0.90
Lactase (U/mg pro)	32.8^d	46.0^b	41.0^c	62.9^a	2.03	<0.01
Sucrase (U/mg pro)	110^b	147^b	126^b	233^a	18.3	<0.01

SEM, standard error of the mean (n = 6, number of replicates).

C, control, basal diet; BT1, C+1,000 mg/kg benzoic acid+100 mg/kg thymol; BT2, C+1,000 mg/kg benzoic acid+200 mg/kg thymol; BT3, C+2,000 mg/kg benzoic acid+100 mg/kg thymol.

^a–d

Within a row, means without a common superscript differ (p<0.05 or p<0.10).