. 2021 Feb 5;99(2):skab033. doi: 10.1093/jas/skab033

Table 4.

Effects of oregano essential oil on antioxidative indices in plasma and intestine of yellow-feathered chickens at 30 d of age¹

	Treatments2
Variables	CON	AB	OEO-150	OEO-300	SEM	P-value
Plasma
GSH-Px, units/mL	613.7^b	605.9^b	645.6^a	634.8^ab	9.72	0.033
T-SOD, units/mL	131.6	136.2	132.5	134.6	6.98	0.521
T-AOC, units/mL	2.49	3.23	3.15	2.88	0.490	0.708
MDA, nmol/mL	2.83	2.07	2.40	2.67	0.224	0.115
Jejunum
GSH-Px, units/mg prot	293.2^b	328.3^ab	314.6^ab	391.4^a	24.13	0.041
T-SOD, units/mg prot	678.0^ab	861.9^a	800.7^a	623.3^b	50.68	0.022
T-AOC, units/mg prot	1.93^b	2.92^a	2.79^a	2.48^ab	0.199	0.009
MDA, nmol/mg prot	1.91^a	1.44^ab	1.42^ab	1.07^b	0.202	0.062
Ileum
GSH-Px, units/mg prot	175.8^b	211.8^ab	225.7^a	193.3^ab	12.35	0.078
T-SOD, units/mg prot	1031.5	1180.7	1182.2	934.7	83.83	0.134
T-AOC, units/mg prot	1.78^b	2.01^ab	2.19^a	1.85^ab	0.088	0.016
MDA, nmol/mg prot	0.86	0.64	0.77	0.67	0.126	0.770

¹Data are means with the SEM derived from ANOVA error mean square for n = 6.

2CON, control diet; AB, control diet containing 20 mg/kg virginiamycin; OEO-150, control diet containing 150 mg/kg organic essential oil; OEO-300, control diet containing 300 mg/kd organic essential oil.

^a,bMeans within the same row with different superscripts differ significantly (P < 0.05).