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Table 6.

Effects of TB on parameters related to intestinal oxidative capacity in LPS-challenged broilers

	LPS (0 μg/kg BW)		LPS (500 μg/kg BW)		SEM	p-value

	TB (0 mg/kg)	TB (500 mg/kg)	TB (0 mg/kg)	TB (500 mg/kg)		TB	LPS	TB×LPS
Duodenum
MDA (nmol/mg prot)	0.251^b	0.25^b	0.331^a	0.252^b	0.036	0.128	0.118	0.137
CAT (U/mg prot)	2.18^a	2.53^a	1.68^b	2.28^a	0.17	<0.001	0.004	0.288
GSH-px (U/mg prot)	2.75^a	2.73^a	1.97^b	1.83^b	0.22	0.643	<0.001	0.735
TNOS (U/mg prot)	1.26^ab	1.07^b^c	1.42^a	0.99^c	0.11	0.001	0.601	0.148
iNOS (U/mg prot)	0.585	0.521	0.677	0.592	0.089	0.262	0.218	0.875
Jejunum
MDA (nmol/mg prot)	0.241^b	0.25^b	0.313^a	0.289^ab	0.026	0.656	0.005	0.365
CAT (U/mg prot)	7.21^b	6.89^b	5.33^a	6.70^b	0.57	0.197	0.016	0.042
GSH-px (U/mg prot)	4.13^ab	5.03^a	3.79^b	4.32^ab	0.48	0.055	0.155	0.603
TNOS (U/mg prot)	0.91^ab	0.9^ab	0.96^a	0.84^b	0.04	0.044	0.823	0.071
iNOS (U/mg prot)	0.27^b	0.35^a	0.41^a	0.26^b	0.03	0.139	0.281	<0.001
Ileum
MDA (nmol/mg prot)	0.24^b	0.255^ab	0.298^a	0.262^ab	0.019	0.468	0.035	0.084
CAT (U/mg prot)	2.36^b	3.52^a	1.33^c	2.27^b	0.84	<0.001	<0.001	0.505
GSH-px (U/mg prot)	16.5	18.1	17.6	16.1	0.77	0.879	0.47	0.13
TNOS (U/mg prot)	1.04^b	1.10^ab	1.20^a	0.95^b	0.07	0.091	0.863	0.008
iNOS (U/mg prot)	0.47^ab	0.47^ab	0.51^a	0.32^b	0.071	0.078	0.267	0.071

TB, tributyrin; LPS, lipopolysaccharide; BW, body weight; SEM, standard error of mean (n = 10); MDA, malondialdehyde; Prot, protein; CAT, catalase; GSH-Px, glutathione peroxidase; TNOS, total nitric oxide synthase; iNOS, inducible nitric oxide synthase.

^a,b

Means within rows with different superscripts differ significantly (p<0.05).