Table 2.

The mRNA levels of HO-1, NQO-1, GCLC, and GCLM in small intestinal mucosa of piglets.

	Basal diet	Basal diet+diquat	EUF diet+diquat	p value
Jejunum
HO-1	1.000 ± 0.098b	1.121 ± 0.116b	3.717 ± 0.208a	<0.001
NQO-1	1.000 ± 0.087a	0.734 ± 0.066b	1.012 ± 0.038a	0.012
GCLC	1.000 ± 0.082b	1.133 ± 0.876b	1.674 ± 0.122a	<0.001
GCLM	1.000 ± 0.103	0.833 ± 0.116	1.167 ± 0.190	0.271
Ileum
HO-1	1.000 ± 0.102b	0.553 ± 0.048c	1.897 ± 0.138a	<0.001
NQO-1	1.000 ± 0.043a	0.713 ± 0.067b	0.917 ± 0.087ab	0.021
GCLC	1.000 ± 0.059a	0.594 ± 0.098b	0.907 ± 0.082a	0.005
GCLM	1.000 ± 0.061ab	0.889 ± 0.055b	1.201 ± 0.070a	0.007

Values are the mean ± SEM; n = 8 per treatment group. ^a-bMean values sharing different superscripts within a row differ (p < 0.05).