Table 6.
Effect of dietary supplementation of AA, OPE and TPE on plasma parameters and antioxidative status of the growing rabbits.
| Items | Supplementations (mg/kg DM) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | AA | OPE | TPE | p-Value | |
| Plasma parameters | |||||
| Total protein (g/dL) | 5.53 b ± 0.025 | 6.40 a ± 0.003 | 5.61 b ± 0.08 | 6.25 a ± 0.006 | 0.0001 |
| Albumin (g/dL) | 3.84 ± 0.15 | 3.66 ± 0.01 | 3.58 ± 0.52 | 3.23 ± 0.003 | 0.489 |
| Globulin (g/dL) | 1.69 c ± 0.13 | 2.74 ab ± 0.01 | 2.03 bc ± 0.46 | 3.02 a ± 0.01 | 0.0151 |
| Total cholesterol (mg/dL) | 121.69 a ± 1.28 | 11.20 b ± 0.41 | 103.37 c ± 2.27 | 102.22 c ± 1.48 | <0.0001 |
| Triglycerids (mg/dL) | 123.0 ± 0.62 | 96.62 ± 0.31 | 97.15 ± 1.30 | 75.88 ± 7.86 | 0.3666 |
| LDL (mg/dL) | 89.29 a ± 1.24 | 80.11 b ± 0.04 | 68.37 bc ± 8.08 | 63.32 c ± 0.32 | 0.0081 |
| VLDL (mg/dL) | 22.93 ± 1.76 | 21.00 ± 1.70 | 19.43 ± 4.26 | 15.18 ± 5.56 | 0.5332 |
| Total lipids (mg/dL) | 156.01 ± 25.05 | 144.24 ± 16.43 | 127.10 ± 10.74 | 115.19 ± 6.58 | 0.3590 |
| Ascorbic acid (mg/L) | 157.26 b ± 0.63 | 197.69 a ± 0.58 | 199.61 a ± 0.88 | 174.55 ab ± 0.29 | 0.060 |
| Antioxidative status | |||||
| T-AOC (mmol/L) | 1.28 ± 0.006 | 1.33 ± 0.003 | 1.31 ± 0.007 | 1.35 ± 0.02 | 0.076 |
| SOD (u/L) | 28.20 b ± 0.22 | 30.30 ab ± 0.07 | 33.87 a ± 1.03 | 34.19 a ± 2.04 | 0.017 |
a,b,c Mean values with the same letter within the same row did not differ significantly (p > 0.05). T-AOC = total antioxidant capacity (mmol/L), SOD = Superoxide dismutase (U/L).