Table 4.

Effect of sterigmatocystin and aflatoxin on conjugated dienes (CD), trienes (CT) and thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) contents in the liver of broiler chickens (mean ± SD, n = 6).

Conjugated Dienes (OD 232 nm)
Samplings	Control	STC	PSTC	AFB1
0 h	0.315 ± 0.027
Day 1	0.261 ± 0.026	0.279 ± 0.028	0.267 ± 0.041	0.296 ± 0.024
Day 2	0.293 ± 0.043	0.334 ± 0.089	0.323 ± 0.059	0.297 ± 0.039
Day 3	0.295 ± 0.041	0.295 ± 0.047	0.304 ± 0.031	0.326 ± 0.023
Day 7	0.313 ± 0.028	0.317 ± 0.036	0.307 ± 0.040	0.320 ± 0.023
Day 14	0.311 ± 0.049	0.290 ± 0.026	0.292 ± 0.029	0.305 ± 0.017
Conjugated Trienes (OD 268 nm)
Samplings	Control	STC	PSTC	AFB1
0 h	0.168 ± 0.016
Day 1	0.135 ± 0.012	0.147 ± 0.015	0.138 ± 0.018	0.153 ± 0.010
Day 2	0.145 ± 0.015	0.166 ± 0.033	0.159 ± 0.027	0.157 ± 0.022
Day 3	0.156 ± 0.021	0.151 ± 0.017	0.152 ± 0.012	0.158 ± 0.014
Day 7	0.165 ± 0.012	0.161 ± 0.019	0.157 ± 0.019	0.161 ± 0.012
Day 14	0.155 ± 0.007	0.158 ± 0.012	0.162 ± 0.014	0.164 ± 0.012
Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances (Malondialdehyde, µmol/g Wet Weight)
Samplings	Control	STC	PSTC	AFB1
0 h	19.85 ± 6.47
Day 1	30.45 ± 12.98	38.99 ± 16.25	26.31 ± 3.27	31.06 ± 4.61
Day 2	25.96 ± 8.44	24.49 ± 6.97	22.18 ± 3.91	24.11 ± 2.78
Day 3	17.73 ± 3.53	14.95 ± 6.97	16.19 ± 4.73	18.62 ± 6.99
Day 7	28.78 ± 2.68	25.24 ± 5.61	28.33 ± 6.06	23.20 ± 1.01
Day 14	18.53 ± 3.13	19.91 ± 2.78	20.74 ± 4.10	23.39 ± 3.57

STC—1590 µg STC/kg feed; PSTC—1570.5 µg STC/kg feed; AFB₁—149.1 µg AFB₁/kg feed.