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Table 5.

Effects of Forsythia suspensa extract on serum antioxidant status of broilers.

Item²	CTL¹	CTC¹	FSE¹	SEM	P-value
Day 21
T-AOC, U/mL	1.00^b	2.50^a	2.64^a	0.34	0.01
SOD, U/mL	54.37	55.21	55.11	1.15	0.86
GSH-Px, umol/L	29.57	37.23	30.90	5.49	0.59
CAT, ng/mL	13.61^b	16.92^a,b	18.47^a	1.15	0.05
MDA, nmol/mL	7.02	7.10	6.89	0.70	0.98
Day 42
T-AOC, U/mL	2.99	5.23	2.94	1.19	0.36
SOD, U/mL	25.78^b	20.49^b	53.24^a	4.21	<0.01
GSH-Px, umol/L	17.43^b	17.53^b	33.99^a	3.15	0.02
MDA, nmol/mL	7.04^a,b	5.96^b	8.32^a	0.37	0.01

^a,bDifferent superscripts within a row indicate a significant difference (P < 0.05).

CTL: Control; CTC: Chlortetracycline; FSE: Forsythia suspensa extract.

T-AOC: total antioxidant capacity; SOD: superoxide dismutase; GSH-Px: glutathione peroxidase; CAT: catalase; MDA: malondialdehyde.