Table 4.
Effects of hydrogen-rich water and lactulose on the liver antioxidant status in female piglets fed Fusarium mycotoxins contaminated diets 1,2.
| Items | NC | MC | MC + LAC | MC + HRW | SEM | p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total carbonyl (mg/g wt liver) | 1.64 a,b | 1.84 a | 1.58 b | 1.56 b | 0.04 | 0.028 |
| Inhibiting hydroxyl radical (U/mg protein) | 1979.50 b | 2444.81 a,b | 2777.68 b | 3140.79 a | 141.28 | 0.013 |
| Protein carbonyl (nmol/mg protein) | 5.63 | 5.26 | 5.91 | 6.52 | 0.25 | 0.369 |
| Lipid peroxidation (μmol/g protein) | 1.41 b | 2.09 a | 1.42 b | 1.41 b | 0.08 | <0.001 |
| MDA (nmol/mg protein) | 1.55 | 1.28 | 1.16 | 1.24 | 0.05 | 0.061 |
| CAT (U/mg protein) | 24.60 a,b | 27.95 a | 21.21 b,c | 19.19 c | 0.93 | <0.001 |
| Total-SOD (U/mg protein) | 206.61 a | 188.58 b | 212.62 a | 209.00 a | 3.20 | 0.023 |
| CuZn-SOD (U/mg protein) | 141.31 b,c | 137.12 c | 157.88 a | 153.58 a,b | 2.79 | 0.011 |
| Mn-SOD (U/mg protein) | 65.30 a | 49.45 b | 58.74 a,b | 57.42 a,b | 2.02 | 0.033 |
| GSH-px (U/mg protein) | 130.29 | 122.56 | 107.93 | 111.98 | 3.46 | 0.078 |
| T-GSH (μmol/g wt liver) | 1.84 | 1.80 | 1.80 | 2.09 | 0.11 | 0.801 |
| GSSG (μmol/g wt liver) | 0.59 | 0.51 | 0.66 | 0.57 | 0.03 | 0.199 |
| Reduced GSH (μmol/g wt liver) | 0.66 | 0.79 | 0.49 | 0.95 | 0.10 | 0.474 |
a–c Values with different letters within the same row are different (p < 0.05). 1 NC (negative control), basal diet; MC, Fusarium mycotoxins contaminated diets; MC + LAC, MC diet + lactulose treatment; and MC + HRW, MC diet + hydrogen water treatment. 2 n = 5.