Table 3.

Effect of varying levels of dietary lycopene on plasma and liver malondialdehyde (MDA) levels in feedlot sheep

Items	MDA
	Plasma (nmol/mL)	Liver (nmol/mg protein)
Treatment1
LP0	3.83±0.32a	2.91±0.33a
LP50	2.45±0.19b	2.70±0.32ab
LP100	2.59±0.15b	1.81±0.14bc
LP200	2.68±0.22b	1. 48±0.14c
p-value	***	**
Linear	**	**
Time2
Day 30	2.05±0.13b
Day 60	3.38±0.34a
Day 90	2.93± 0.26a
Day 120	3.21±0.14a
p-value	**
Linear	*

LP, lycopene.

¹LP0, no LP; LP50, 50 mg LP/kg feed; LP100, 100 mg LP/kg feed; LP200, 200 mg LP/kg feed.

²Time means sampling time at day 30, 60, 90 and 120 of feeding.

^a,bMeans with different small letters in the same row are significantly different (p<0.05).

^*p<0.05;

^**p<0.01;

^***p<0.001.