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. 2020 Mar 2;11:12. doi: 10.1186/s40104-020-0426-6

Table 5.

Effects of garcinol on blood biochemical indices of weaned piglets

Items Control group The level of garcinol, mg/kg SEM
200 400 600
TP, g/L 34.16 36.25 27.45 28.46 0.95
ALB, g/L 26.21 23.47 21.35 22.76 0.62
BUN, U/L 3.71 3.67 3.58 3.69 0.22
TCH, U/L 2.05 2.24 2.01 2.09 0.05
GLU, mmol/L 5.94 5.99 5.84 5.89 0.10
ALT, U/L 72.56 51.35 61.35 52.34 3.26
AST, U/L 65.21 69.35 78.45 72.53 2.76
MDA, nmol/mL 2.92a 2.08b 1.82b 1.72b 0.19
T-AOC, U/mL 1.94b 2.54a 2.69a 2.72a 2.21
SOD, U/mL 67.59b 77.33a 81.06a 82.95a 3.87
CAT, U/mL 20.91b 22.47a 24.09a 24.37a 1.42
GSH- Px, U/mL 872.4b 896.1a 911.6a 932.75a 43.56

In the same row, values with no letter or the same letter superscripts mean no significant difference (P > 0.05), while with different letter superscripts mean significant difference (P < 0.05). TP, serum total protein; ALB Albumin, BUN Blood urea nitrogen, TCH Total cholesterol, GLU Glucose, ALT Serum alanine aminotransferase, AST Aspartate aminotransferase, MDA Malonaldehyde, GSH- Px Glutathione peroxidase, CAT Catalase, T-AOC Total antioxidative capacity, T-SOD Total superoxide dismutase. n = 12