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Table 4.

Effects of natural capsicum extract on pancreatic digestive enzyme activities in weaned pigs (U/mg).

Item	CON	CTC	NCE	SEM	P-value
Pancreas
α-amylase	20.71	16.13	15.93	2.12	0.20
Trypsin	43.97	41.75	47.16	4.04	0.57
Chymotrypsin	4.45	4.60	6.12	0.62	0.15
Pancrelipase	151.72^b	180.51^b	250.79^a	12.34	<0.01
Jejunal mucosa
α-amylase	66.24^b	88.14^b	337.25^a	25.90	<0.01
Trypsin	13.01^b	16.09^b	16.89^a	0.76	0.02
Chymotrypsin	5.56^b	6.59^b	7.19^a	0.22	<0.01
Ileal mucosa
α-amylase	43.18	38.66	34.65	6.10	0.64
Lipase	13.82^b	17.59^a	18.50^a	0.86	0.02
Entero-proteinase	5.95^b	6.62^ab	7.32^a	0.28	0.04

NCE = natural capsicum extract; CON = control; CTC = chlortetracycline; SEM = standard error of the mean.

^{a, b} Within a row, different superscripts mean significant difference (P < 0.05).