Table 7.
Antioxidant status in breast muscle of broilers chickens fed different species of microalgae for 32 days.
| Muscle Tissue | Dietary Treatment | SEM | p Values | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 | |||
| MDA (nmol/g tissue) | 19.76 a | 14.32 b | 13.31 b | 13.61 b | 0.62 | 0.007 |
| SOD (U/g tissue) | 36.94 b | 55.08 a | 60.70 a | 53.39 a | 3.88 | 0.02 |
| PC (nmol/mg protein) | 33.66 a | 26.55 b | 25.41 b | 26.10 b | 1.18 | 0.01 |
a–b Means within a row not sharing a common superscript differ significantly when (p < 0.05). SEM: standard error of mean; MDA: malondialdehyde; PC: protein carbonyl; SOD: superoxide dismutase; Group 1: control; Group 2: Chlorella vulgaris (CV)-supplemented group; Group 3: Spirulina platensis (SP)-supplemented group; Group 4: Amphora coffeaformis (AC) supplemented group.