Table 6.

Effects of CP and PUT on polyamine content of duodenum, jejunum + ileum and liver at 21 and 42 days of the age¹

Treatments	CP2	PUT (%)	Duodenum					Jujenum + ileum				Liver
			PUT (mg/g)	SPM (ng/g)		SPD (ng/g)		PUT (mg/g)	SPM (ng/g)	SPD (ng/g)		PUT (mg/g)	SPM (ng/g)	SPD (ng/g)
21 days
T1	N	0	0.30	278		0		0.35b	230b	0.00		1.76	0b	0
T2	N	0.03	1.30	607		0		0.31b	157b	0.00		0.37	138b	18
T3	L	0	0.68	368		0		0.55a	436a	0.00		0.58	615a	0
T4	L	0.03	0.92	470		0		0.74a	597a	0.88		0.22	213a	0
Median			0.53	383		0		0.41	275	0		0.31	116	0
P-value
CP			0.61	0.74		-		0.03	0.00	0.34		0.26	0.11	0.34
PUT			0.26	0.50		-		0.70	0.68	0.34		0.25	0.47	0.34
42 days
T1	N	0	1.79a	0b	0b			0.91	991	37		0.04	90	0
T2	N	0.03	1.87a	0b	93a			0.69	394	40		0.03	90	0
T3	L	0	0.66b	224a	8b			1.57	566	49		0.08	134	0
T4	L	0.03	0.40b	434a	12a			0.91	590	33		0.21	36	0
Median			1.16	0	8			0.85	439	37.7		0.05	69	0
P-value
CP			0.00	0.00	0.17			0.51	0.79	0.87		0.15	0.94	-
PUT			0.80	0.18	0.08			0.50	0.52	0.73		0.37	0.46	-

Means with different superscripts in every column (^a, ^b) are significantly different (P<0.05).

¹ Kruskal Wallis Test was used for difference significance. The zero value of PA content means “not detectable”.

² CP: N: Normal, L: Low