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. 2020 Aug 13;99(11):5827–5837. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2020.07.042

Table 2.

Effects of corn resistant starch on parameters of lipid metabolism in broilers.

Items2 Treatments1
NC CS 4%RS 8%RS 12%RS SEM P value
Plasma
 TG (mmol/L) 0.41a 0.29b 0.34a,b 0.27b 0.28b 0.01 0.002
 NEFA (mmol/L) 0.40a 0.18b 0.22b 0.14b 0.19b 0.02 <0.001
 Glucose (mmol/L) 6.98c 8.85b 8.01b,c 10.22a 10.48a 0.28 <0.001
Abdominal adipose tissue
 LPL (U/mg of protein) 0.87a 0.83a,b 0.80a,b 0.73b,c 0.65c 0.02 0.015
 HSL (U/g of protein) 40.46c 47.03b,c 39.89c 59.07a,b 71.67a 2.81 0.001

a-cMeans in a row without a common superscript letter significantly differ (P < 0.05; n = 8).

1

NC, a basic normal corn–soybean diet; CS, a corn–soybean–based diet supplementation with 20% corn starch (CS); 4%RS, 8%RS and 12%RS, the corn–soybean–based diets supplementation with 4%, 8% and 12% corn resistant starch (RS), respectively.

2

TG, triglycerides; NEFA, nonesterified free fatty acid; LPL, lipoprotein lipase; HSL, hormone sensitive lipase.