Table 4.
Effects of dietary garcinol on plasma antioxidant index of sows during late gestation and lactation
Item | CON1 | LOW1 | HIGH1 | SEM | P-value |
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Day 110 of gestation | |||||
MDA, nmol/mL | 2.42a | 1.88b | 1.62b | 0.13 | 0.0012 |
T-AOC, U/mL | 1.68a | 1.72b | 1.79b | 0.44 | 0.026 |
SOD, U/mL | 76.87a | 82.48ab | 87.31b | 4.51 | 0.034 |
CAT, U/mL | 18.82a | 19.21b | 21.64b | 2.42 | 0.046 |
GSH- Px, U/mL | 672.4a | 698.5b | 714.3b | 31.8 | 0.033 |
Day 21 of lactation | |||||
MDA, nmol/mL | 2.21a | 1.94b | 1.72b | 0.46 | 0.029 |
T-AOC, U/mL | 1.13a | 1.08ab | 1.01b | 0.33 | 0.025 |
SOD, U/mL | 69.46a | 73.08b | 77.44b | 2.74 | 0.014 |
CAT, U/mL | 14.62a | 15.87b | 17.36b | 4.33 | 0.049 |
GSH-Px, U/mL | 560.1a | 573.8b | 591.9b | 35.4 | 0.001 |
1Dietary treatment: CON = control diet; LOW = control diet with 200mg/kg garcinol; HIGH = control diet with 600mg/kg garcinol. MDA = malondialdehyde; T-AOC = total antioxidant capacity; SOD = superoxide dismutase; CAT = catalase; GSH-Px = glutathione peroxidase; UA = umbilical artery; UV = umbilical vein.a,bMeans with different superscripts in the same row differ (P < 0.05).