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Table 6.

Diterpene profile and pigments in breast and thigh meats of broilers (n = 10).

Item	Control	CV	CV + R	CV + M	SEM	P-value	Control	CV	CV + R	CV + M	SEM	P-value
Item	Breast						Thigh
Diterpene profile, μg/g
α-Tocopherol	3.92	3.26	3.15	3.41	0.267	0.200	5.09^b	4.14^a,b	3.40^a	3.15^a	0.428	0.013
γ-Tocopherol	0.638	0.537	0.376	0.405	0.0743	0.062	0.969^a	0.608^b	0.588^b	0.564^b	0.0696	<0.001
Pigments, μg/100 g
Chlorophyll a	9.75	19.3	12.1	15.5	3.91	0.347	9.73	6.20	7.42	8.38	3.13	0.876
Chlorophyll b	19.9	35.1	26.1	28.7	9.23	0.709	17.6	10.3	12.5	15.1	5.41	0.795
Total chlorophylls	29.2	54.4	38.2	44.2	13.0	0.582	27.4	16.5	19.9	24.7	8.48	0.806
Total carotenoids	84.6^a	202^b	197^b	164^a,b	21.6	0.002	107^a	208^b	196^b	201^b	14.3	<0.001
Total chlorophylls and carotenoids	114^a	256^b	235^b	208^b	24.1	0.001	134^a	225^b	216^b	226^b	19.2	0.004

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

Dietary treatments: Control, corn-soybean basal diet; CV, basal diet plus 10% C. vulgaris; CV + R, basal diet plus 10% C. vulgaris + 0.005% Rovabio Excel AP; CV + M, basal diet plus 10% C. vulgaris + 0.01% mix of 4 CAZymes.

Abbreviation: CAZymes, Carbohydrate-Active enZymes.