Table 9. The effects of using pomegranate peel powder, oxidized oil and alpha-tocopherol in diets on blood lipids in broiler chickens.

Treatment			Traits
			Triglyceride (mg/dL)	Cholesterol (mg/dL)	LDL (mg/dL)	HDL (mg/dL)
Main effect
Pomegranate peel (%)
0			40.5	129.5	51.6a	75.0
4			38.3	126.8	44.9b	79.5
8			39.9	131.0	48.5ab	80.2
SEM			1.14	1.41	1.26	1.81
Oxidized oil (%)
0			38.1b	126.0b	45.1b	78.3
2			38.6ab	128.4ab	45.5b	81.0
4			42.1a	132.9a	54.4a	75.4
SEM			1.14	1.41	1.26	1.81
Alpha-tocopherol (mg/kg)
0			40.9	130.8a	50.8a	77.2
200			38.3	127.4b	45.8b	79.3
SEM			0.93	1.15	1.02	1.48
Interaction effects
Pomegranate peel × oxidized oil × alpha-tocopherol
0	0	0	41.4	129.8	50.6	77.4
0	0	200	36.4	121.6	41.4	78.2
0	2	0	41.2	125.0	48.2	74.0
0	2	200	36.4	127.8	45.0	81.4
0	4	0	46.6	138.8	65.4	68.6
0	4	200	41.2	134.2	59.4	70.6
4	0	0	38.0	123.6	43.0	77.4
4	0	200	41.6	120.8	44.0	74.6
4	2	0	38.2	131.2	45.0	83.6
4	2	200	31.4	119.4	40.0	78.4
4	4	0	42.6	128.2	50.2	74.6
4	4	200	38.4	137.8	47.2	88.8
8	0	0	35.4	133.0	52.2	78.8
8	0	200	36.2	127.2	39.6	83.8
8	2	0	42.0	134.0	48.4	84.0
8	2	200	42.4	133.2	46.4	85.0
8	4	0	43.0	133.6	55.0	76.4
8	4	200	40.8	125.2	49.4	73.6
SEM			2.81	3.46	3.08	4.46
p-value
Pomegranate peel			0.3887	0.1098	0.0014	0.0940
Oxidized oil			0.0345	0.0030	0.0001	0.0976
Alpha-tocopherol			0.0518	0.0443	0.0008	0.3029
Pomegranate peel × oxidized oil			0.0796	0.0263	0.0403	0.1883
Pomegranate peel × alpha-tocopherol			0.3499	0.7064	0.4122	0.9016
Oxidized oil × alpha-tocopherol			0.4375	0.5369	0.6107	0.7436
Pomegranate peel × oxidized oil × alpha-tocopherol			0.6678	0.0213	0.4151	0.1810

^a,bMeans in columns with same superscript do not differ significantly p < 0.05.

LDL, low-density lipoprotein; HDL, high-density lipoprotein.