TABLE 3.

Lipid oxidation and myoglobin of Cashmere goat

Parameter	AM	C	p‐value
MDA (nmol/mgprot)	1.978 ± 0.834	4.811 ± 1.561**	.001
Mb (mg/g)	9.28 ± 1.51*	7.80 ± 0.90	.024
OMb (%)	37.66 ± 3.89	35.21 ± 4.65	.343
MMb (%)	29.84 ± 3.60	33.52 ± 2.29*	.02

Values are expressed as mean and standard deviation (n = 12); basal diet, C group; basal diet supplemented with 1% astragalus membranaceus root, AM group.

Abbreviations: Mb, myoglobin; MDA, malondialdehyde; MMb, metmyoglobin;OMb, oxymyoglobin.

*p < .05; **p < .01.