Table 8.

Effect of Prunus armeniaca on MDA, TAC, and free radical-scavenging activity of broiler chickens.

Groups	0 day	21st day	42nd day
MDA (nmol/mL)
Control	8.41 ± 0.29	8.06d ± 0.18	8.13e ± 0.19
T1	8.38 ± 0.31	6.47b ± 0.24	4.43b ± 0.17
T2	8.48 ± 0.36	6.60b ± 0.21	5.13c ± 0.16
T3	8.37 ± 0.27	6.07a ± 0.15	4.08a ± 0.18
T4	8.46 ± 0.40	6.84c ± 0.19	4.52b ± 0.08
T5	8.51 ± 0.40	7.02c ± 0.23	5.16c ± 0.09
T6	8.43 ± 0.33	6.90c ± 0.18	5.65d ± 0.15
FRAP value (µm/L)
Control	1098.26 ± 11.21	1189.04a ± 14.63		1167.57a ± 16.87
T1	1098.53 ± 10.06	1313.78c ± 17.48		1686.24c ± 17.61
T2	1097.33 ± 07.78	1392.45d ± 17.36		1487.58b ± 18.24
T3	1098.24 ± 07.92	1496.98e ± 15.47		1785.26e ± 18.08
T4	1096.34 ± 07.56	1380.01d ± 14.63		1741.18d ± 15.86
T5	1096.26 ± 07.60	1300.53c ± 19.58		1668.17c ± 17.29
T6	1097.31 ± 09.94	1224.30b ± 20.03		1474.65b ± 15.83
DPPH radical-scavenging activity (%)
Control	41.92 ± 0.21	43.14a ± 1.37	42.87a ± 2.11
T1	41.52 ± 0.40	55.94c ± 0.87	64.30c ± 1.87
T2	41.65 ± 0.47	49.26b ± 0.85	63.03c ± 1.41
T3	41.96 ± 0.27	59.61d ± 0.78	66.13d ± 0.63
T4	41.43 ± 0.48	56.67c ± 2.43	61.94bc ± 0.82
T5	41.91 ± 0.12	52.48bc ± 1.23	58.86b ± 2.93
T6	42.03 ± 0.16	48.13b ± 1.03	57.16b ± 1.82

C, T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, and T6 represent groups of chickens received aqueous extract of Prunus armeniaca in drinking water at concentration level of 0, 100, 150, 200, 300, 400, and 800 mg/kg body weight of chicken, respectively.

Results are presented as mean ± S.E, n = 8.

Means bearing the different superscripts (^{a, b, c, d, e}) in a columns differ significantly (P < 0.05).