Table 4.
Effects of ginger rhizome essential on serum cholesterol, triglycerides, and yolk oxidative stress characteristics in laying Japanese quail.
| Parameters | Essential oil doses (μl/kg body weight) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | 50 | 100 | 150 | P value | |
| Serum biochemical characteristics | (n=8) | (n=8) | (n=8) | (n=8) | |
| total cholesterol (mg/dl) | 142.51 ± 37.50a | 132.20 ± 22.21ab | 108.88 ± 6.60bc | 100.35 ± 7.00c | 0.02 |
| HDL cholesterol (mg/dl) | 71.67 ± 4.62b | 83.22 ± 7.89ab | 88.99 ± 6.76a | 76.50 ± 12.75b | 0.02 |
| LDL cholesterol (mg/dl) | 70.84 ± 16.61a | 48.98 ± 12.58b | 19.88 ± 8.58c | 23.86 ± 14.77c | 0.00 |
| Triglycerides (mg/dl) | 73.46 ± 10.39a | 57.18 ± 4.43b | 56.91 ± 6.49b | 56.07 ± 6.16b | 0.00 |
| AST (U/L) | 133.72 ± 13.89a | 101.22 ± 4.29b | 109.19 ± 6.92b | 111.78 ± 6.98b | 0.00 |
| ALT(U/L) | 105.25 ± 20.80a | 98.18 ± 12.71b | 47.78 ± 14.93c | 39.55 ± 24.94c | 0.00 |
| Creatinine (mg/dl) | 0.78 ± 0.12a | 0.55 ± 0.08b | 0.47 ± 0.04b | 0.59 ± 0.22b | 0.00 |
| Yolk oxidative stress (gram of yolk) | (N=12) | (N=12) | (N=12) | (N=12) | |
| MDA | 0.061 ± 0.01a | 0.055 ± 0.01ab | 0.046 ± 0.01b | 0.044 ± 0,01b | 0.04 |
| GPx | 400.65 ± 56.29b | 451.06 ± 27.48ab | 464.54 ± 25.64a | 476.80 ± 49.01a | 0.03 |
| CAT | 6.31 ± 0.63b | 6.60 ± 0.82b | 6.61 ± 0.57b | 7.56 ± 0.49a | 0.01 |
a, b, and c: on the same line, means with the same letter are not significantly different (p> 0.05). n = number of quails; N= number of eggs; p = probability; MDA = malondialdehyde; GPx = peroxidase glutathione; CAT = catalase.