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. 2020 Aug 8;99(11):5344–5349. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2020.07.030

Table 3.

Effects of selenium-enriched earthworms power on the antioxidant ability.

Dietary treatments Glutathione peroxide Enzyme(U·mL−1) Superoxide dismutase (U·mL−1) Catalase (U·mL−1) Nitric Oxide(μM·L−1)
T1 148.32 ± 6.34b 100.06 ± 9.44b 2.09 ± 0.64b 30.03 ± 0.95a
T2 150.26 ± 7.90b 103.37 ± 2.31b 2.37 ± 0.30a,b 26.87 ± 1.74a,b
T3 188.08 ± 9.17a,b 106.79 ± 2.04a,b 2.25 ± 0.85a,b 24.36 ± 9.75a,b
T4 208.45 ± 10.25a 107.24 ± 1.62a 2.90 ± 0.69a 22.03 ± 3.28b

a–bDifferent letters in the same column indicate significant difference (P < 0.05; ANOVA and Turkey's test).

Abbreviations: T1, control group (basal diet); T2, control diet earthworm powder alone (no Se enrichment); T3, control diet plus 0.5 mg Se/kg from selenium-enriched earthworms powder (SEP); T4, control diet plus 1.0 mg Se/kg from SEP, respectively.