Table 5.

Lipid profile of growing Japanese quail as affected by dietary lemongrass essential oil (LGEO).

	LGEO (mg/kg diet)						P value3
Items1	0	150	300	450	600	SEM2	Linear	Quadratic
TC (mg/dL)	217.33	190.95	193.14	182.50	192.83	2.793	0.0002	0.0004
TG (mg/dL)	242.23	138.85	158.85	169.50	166.85	8.836	0.0066	0.0010
HDL (mg/dL)	53.52	55.50	60.60	56.36	62.30	1.648	0.0088	0.8377
LDL (mg/dL)	115.37	107.68	100.77	92.24	97.16	1.956	<0.0001	0.0168
VLDL (mg/dL)	48.45	27.77	31.77	33.90	33.37	1.767	0.0066	0.0010

¹Abrreviations: HDL, high density lipoprotein; LDL, low density lipoprotein; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglycerides; VLDL, very low density lipoprotein.

²Standard error means.

³Linear and quadratic effects.