Table 6. Serum oxidation resistance of fish fed diets supplemented with graded levels of taurine.
| Experimental diets | Pooled SE |
p-value | F-value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T0 | T0.5 | T1.0 | T1.5 | T2.0 | T2.5 | ||||
| SOD (103 U L−1)1 | 4.07 ± 0.20a | 4.33 ± 0.09b | 4.54 ± 0.07b, c | 4.57 ± 0.10c | 4.59 ± 0.14c | 4.59 ± 0.09c | 0.052 | 0.006 | 8.785 |
| GSH-Px (U L−1)2 | 39.17 ± 1.99c | 42.38 ± 1.36b | 42.23 ± 1.42b | 44.21 ± 1.15b | 51.11 ± 1.82c | 50.25 ± 1.64c | 1.103 | 0.000 | 26.931 |
| CAT (U mg−1)3 | 181.90 ± 6.72 | 178.57 ± 7.36 | 183.28 ± 8.38 | 178.09 ± 10.72 | 173.80 ± 14.14 | 193.67 ± 8.57 | 2.394 | 0.301 | 1.372 |
| MDA (mol L−1)4 | 1.08 ± 0.21 | 1.02 ± 0.15 | 0.97 ± 0.09 | 0.86 ± 0.11 | 0.85 ± 0.11 | 0.83 ± 0.12 | 0.035 | 0.194 | 1.770 |
Notes.
Values (Means ±S.D.) ( n = 3) in the same row with different superscripts show significant difference (P <0.05).
1
SOD: Superoxide dismutase
2
GSH-Px: Glutathione peroxidase
3
CAT: Catalase
4
MDA: Malonyldialdehyde