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. 2020 Jun 28;58(3):834–843. doi: 10.1007/s13197-020-04597-x

Table 2.

Effect of different levels and sources of zinc on antioxidant and lipid oxidation status of broiler chicken meat

Zn source Zn (ppm) DPPH (% inhibition) ABTS (% inhibition) Free fatty acid (%) TBARS (mg MDA/kg)
Thigh Breast Thigh Breast Thigh Breast Breast Thigh Liver
IZ 40 20.2a 17.2 89.2 73.2a 0.109 0.088 0.228 0.248 0.217
GNZ 23.5 cd 18.4 90.9 78.0b 0.102 0.081 0.157 0.164 0.148
MNZ 24.5de 19.2 91.3 83.6c 0.104 0.084 0.160 0.169 0.150
IZ 60 21.8b 17.6 89.4 73.6a 0.098 0.083 0.223 0.243 0.215
GNZ 23.9d 18.6 91.2 78.4b 0.092 0.077 0.154 0.157 0.145
MNZ 25.1ef 19.7 91.4 84.4c 0.093 0.075 0.153 0.159 0.144
IZ 80 22.7bc 17.8 89.7 73.9a 0.088 0.077 0.219 0.239 0.211
GNZ 24.3de 18.9 90.6 78.6b 0.080 0.075 0.147 0.152 0.141
MNZ 26.6f 19.9 91.8 84.6c 0.082 0.073 0.150 0.154 0.142
SEM 0.25 0.13 0.12 0.65 0.0089 0.0070 0.0041 0.0052 0.0072
Zinc levels (ppm)
 40 22.7a 18.3a 90.4a 78.2 0.105c 0.084c 0.181b 0.193b 0.171b
 60 23.6ab 18.6ab 90.7b 78.8 0.094b 0.078b 0.176ab 0.186ab 0.168ab
 80 24.5b 18.9b 90.7b 79.0 0.083a 0.075a 0.172a 0.181a 0.164a
Zinc source
 IZ 21.6a 17.5a 89.4a 73.5a 0.098b 0.082b 0.223b 0.243b 0.214b
 GNZ 23.9b 18.6b 93.2b 78.3b 0.092a 0.076a 0.153a 0.155a 0.140a
 MNZ 25.1c 19.6c 91.5c 84.2c 0.094a 0.077a 0.150a 0.159a 0.145a
ANOVA (P values)
 Interaction 0.010 0.097 0.151 0.010 0.081 0.051 0.079 0.113 0.082
 Zinc levels 0.001 0.007 0.009 0.070 0.002  <0.000 0.010 0.010 0.009
 Zinc source 0.003 0.002  <0.000 0.007 0.007 0.005  <0.000  <0.000 0.001

Values bearing different superscripts within the column differ significantly

TBARS Thio-barbituric acid reactive substances, MDA malondialdehyde, DPPH 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl, ABTS 2,2-azinobis-3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid, SEM Standard error of mean , IZ Inorganic zinc, GNZ green nano zinc, MNZ market nano zinc