Table 5.
Effects of AFE on anti-oxidative resistance of dairy cows
| Item | AFE | SEM | p-values | ||||
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| Con | 20 mg/kg BW | 60 mg/kg BW | 100 mg/kg BW | Linear | Quadratic | ||
| Superoxide dismutase (U/mL) | 42.25 | 46.37 | 49.62 | 47.64 | 2.49 | 0.12 | 0.10 |
| Glutathione peroxidase (U/mL) | 454.49 | 535.73 | 455.44 | 535.93 | 25.04 | 0.19 | 0.99 |
| Catalase (U/mL) | 59.62 | 60.96 | 60.14 | 58.56 | 2.04 | 0.67 | 0.50 |
| Methane dicarboxylic aldehyde (nmol/mL) | 1.72a | 1.37ab | 1.25b | 1.24b | 0.14 | 0.03 | 0.23 |
AFE, alfalfa flavonoids extract; BW, body weight; SEM, standard error of the mean.
ab
Means with the same letter in the row differ at p<0.05.