. 2019 Dec 9;9(12):1098. doi: 10.3390/ani9121098

Table 7.

Influence of curcumin on the levels of hepatic biochemistry parameters in IUGR weaned piglets (50 d).

Items	Experiment Groups				p-Value
Items	NBW	NC	IUGR	IC	B	D	B × D
Glycogen (mg/g tissue)	121.44 ± 20.58 ^c	154.80 ± 22.24 ^b	39.93 ± 18.72 ^d	189.76 ± 37.56 ^a	0.02	<0.01	<0.01
Pyruvate (μmol/mg prot)	0.04 ± 0.01 ^a	0.03 ± 0.00 ^b	0.04 ± 0.00 ^a	0.03 ± 0.00 ^b	0.31	<0.01	0.45
Lactate (mmol/g prot)	0.24 ± 0.04 ^b	0.38 ± 0.11 ^a	0.43 ± 0.07 ^a	0.37 ± 0.10 ^a	0.01	0.17	<0.01
PK (U/g prot)	17.17 ± 1.72 ^b	18.63 ± 0.49 ^b	22.27 ± 0.61 ^a	18.59 ± 1.59 ^b	<0.01	0.02	<0.01
LDH (U/g prot)	171.55 ± 23.53 ^a	135.56 ± 13.76 ^b	130.63 ± 8.68 ^b	120.13 ± 14.11 ^b	<0.01	<0.01	0.03
TC (μmol/g prot)	81.55 ± 19.51 ^b	86.28 ± 13.92 ^b	126.65 ± 22.83 ^a	84.13 ± 12.52 ^b	<0.01	0.01	<0.01
TG (μmol/g prot)	80.32 ± 6.44 ^b	74.22 ± 5.34 ^c	89.93 ± 9.12 ^a	82.37 ± 8.93 ^b	<0.01	0.02	0.79
NEFA (μmol/g prot)	36.06 ± 7.93 ^b	24.85 ± 3.03 ^c	50.19 ± 11.18 ^a	22.09 ± 3.40 ^c	0.03	<0.01	<0.01
LPL (U/mg prot)	0.16 ± 0.02 ^b	0.23 ± 0.04 ^a	0.08 ± 0.01 ^c	0.10 ± 0.03 ^c	<0.01	<0.01	0.03
HL (U/mg prot)	0.11 ± 0.02 ^a	0.07 ± 0.01 ^b	0.09 ± 0.01 ^b	0.12 ± 0.03 ^a	0.23	0.54	<0.01
TL (U/mg prot)	0.28 ± 0.03 ^b	0.30 ± 0.04 ^a	0.17 ± 0.01 ^d	0.22 ± 0.04 ^c	<0.01	<0.01	0.25

Values are the means × standard deviation; n = 8/group. Within a row, ^a,b,c,d denotes significant differences (p < 0.05). NBW, piglets with normal birth weights and fed with control diets; NC, NBW piglets fed with curcumin diets; IUGR, piglets with intrauterine growth retardation and fed with control diets; IC, IUGR piglets fed with curcumin diets; B, birth weight of piglets; D, curcumin diets; B × D, the interaction between the birth weight and curcumin diets. LDH, lactic dehydrogenase; PK, pyruvate kinase; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglyceride; NEFA, non-esterified fatty acid.