Table 6.
Lipid profile of growing Japanese quail as affected by dietary nano-curcumin.
| Items | Nano-curcumin Level (g/kg Diet) | SEM | p Value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | |||
| TC † (mg/dL) | 259.15 a | 176.75 cd | 195.45 b | 182.95 c | 172.00 cd | 167.17 d | 3.155 | <0.0001 |
| TG ‡ (mg/dL) | 218.15 b | 296.98 a | 137.21 d | 208.48 b | 186.25 c | 169.83 c | 5.167 | <0.0001 |
| HDL § (mg/dL) | 44.56 b | 49.01 ab | 51.15 ab | 43.64 b | 56.51 a | 51.87 ab | 2.188 | 0.0308 |
| LDL ¶ (mg/dL) | 170.97 a | 68.35 d | 116.86 b | 97.61 c | 78.24 d | 81.33 d | 3.960 | <0.0001 |
| VLDL¶¶ (mg/dL) | 43.63 b | 59.40 a | 27.44 d | 41.70 b | 37.25 c | 33.97 c | 1.033 | <0.0001 |
a–d: Means in the same row with no superscript letters after them or with a common superscript letter following them are not significantly different (p < 0.05). † TC: total cholesterol; ‡ TG: triglycerides; § HDL: high density lipoprotein; ¶ LDL: low density lipoprotein; ¶¶ LDL: very low density lipoprotein.