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. 2021 Apr 25;58(2):110–118. doi: 10.2141/jpsa.0200030

Table 6. Glucose and Nε-(carboxymethyl)lysine concentrations in the plasma of layer and broiler chickens fed a diet with various metformin concentrations.

Experiment 1 (Layer)
Experiment 2 (Broiler)
Metformin
(mg/kg)
Glucose
(mg/100 mL)
Nε-(Carboxymethyl)lysine
(ng/mL)
Glucose
(mg/100 mL)
Nε-(Carboxymethyl)lysine
(ng/mL)
0 265.8±7.7 0.43±0.03a 331.2±22.6 23.2±5.8
150 274.0±8.0 0.36±0.02ab 360.1±36.5 26.3±6.6
300 278.6±9.5 0.33±0.03b 310.4±15.7 19.7±4.1
a, b

Means not sharinga common superscript letter in the same column were significantly different (Tukey's HSD test, P<0.05). Values are given as mean±SE. The number of chickens used in each treatment group was 8.