. 2019 Sep 3;97(11):4557–4566. doi: 10.1093/jas/skz292

Table 5.

Effects of dietary garcinol on acid–base balance parameters in the umbilical venous and arterial blood of newborn piglets

Item	Mean (SD)			P-value	Range (min–max)
	CON¹	LOW¹	HIGH¹
UA pH	7.25 (0.05)^a	7.35 (0.26)^b	7.58 (0.14)^b	0.048	6.72–7.63
UA p_CO2%, mm Hg	67.2 (1.4)^a	61.8 (2.3)^b	58.3 (5.9)^b	0.029	56.2–73.1
UA base excess, mEq·L⁻¹	−1 (4)^a	2 (2)^b	3 (2)^b	0.012	(−21)–(16)
UA HCO₃⁻, mmol/L	30 (6)^a	35 (4)^b	40 (5)^b	0.018	12–42
UV pH	7.36 (0.13)^a	7.41 (0.29)^b	7.67 (0.08)^b	0.023	6.84–7.76
UV p_CO2%, mm Hg	48.9 (4.2)^a	45.4 (1.9)^ab	37.1 (6.2)^b	0.035	28.4–59.5
UV base excess, mEq·L⁻¹	2 (6)^a	3 (1)^b	3 (3)^b	0.0144	(-18)-(9)
UV HCO₃⁻, mmol/L	15 (4)^a	21 (6)^ab	29 (2)^b	0.036	9–35

¹Dietary treatment: CON = control diet; LOW = control diet with 200 mg/kg garcinol; HIGH = control diet with 600 mg/kg garcinol. UA = Umbilical artery; UV = Umbilical vein.^a,bMeans with different superscripts in the same row differ (P < 0.05).