Table 9.
Effect of sows’ intake of micelle silymarin from the 109th prenatal day to the 21st postnatal day on sow serum metabolites1
| Items | Micelle silymarin (% of diet) | CON vs. Micelle Silymarin | P-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0.05 | 0.1 | 0.2 | Linear | Quadratic | ||
| On day 109 of gestation | |||||||
| Epinephrine, pg/mL | 22.28 ± 2.31 | 19.85 ± 0.87 | 21.56 ± 1.08 | 23.80 ± 1.57 | 0.631 | 0.301 | 0.118 |
| Norepinephrine, pg/mL | 378.25 ±7.82 | 380.10 ± 4.37 | 356.42 ± 10.55 | 364.74 ± 6.47 | 0.216 | 0.111 | 0.302 |
| AST, U/L | 69.88 ± 6.68 | 72.38 ± 2.65 | 73.63 ±1.95 | 68.75 ± 3.05 | 0.576 | 0.657 | 0.563 |
| ALT, U/L | 46.38 ± 1.58 | 44.49 ± 2.89 | 47.40 ± 2.24 | 43.53 ± 1.62 | 0.622 | 0.462 | 0.581 |
| Glucose, mmol/L | 4.82 ± 0.12 | 4.87 ± 0.12 | 4.80 ± 0.14 | 4.85 ± 0.12 | 0.923 | 0.972 | 0.924 |
| Triglycerides, mmol/L | 1.67 ± 0.07 | 1.65 ± 0.07 | 1.64 ± 0.07 | 1.67 ± 0.06 | 0.845 | 0.945 | 0.730 |
| Urea nitrogen, mmol/L | 4.98 ± 0.12 | 4.93 ± 0.14 | 4.97 ± 0.14 | 4.98 ± 0.16 | 0.803 | 0.938 | 0.907 |
| At farrowing | |||||||
| Epinephrine, pg/mL | 77.18 ± 0.95 | 73.16 ± 2.18 | 73.11 ± 2.56 | 77.73 ± 2.69 | 0.333 | 0.623 | 0.071 |
| Norepinephrine, pg/mL | 273.08 ± 3.64 | 269.75 ± 4.19 | 269.52 ± 5.61 | 258.47 ± 7.21 | 0.256 | 0.058 | 0.641 |
| AST, U/L | 69.63 ± 1.34 | 71.50 ± 1.33 | 68.12 ± 1.09 | 67.75 ± 1.36 | 0.729 | 0.112 | 0.753 |
| ALT, U/L | 35.88 ± 1.11 | 38.75 ± 1.62 | 31.50 ± 1.44 | 36.75 ± 2.07 | 0.911 | 0.788 | 0.171 |
| Glucose, mmol/L | 4.54 ± 0.16 | 4.68 ± 0.09 | 4.61 ± 0.07 | 4.62 ± 0.07 | 0.420 | 0.751 | 0.554 |
| Triglycerides, mmol/L | 1.53 ± 0.04 | 1.51 ± 0.04 | 1.52 ± 0.03 | 1.61 ± 0.03 | 0.731 | 0.109 | 0.251 |
| Urea Nitrogen, mmol/L | 4.47 ± 0.10 | 4.52 ± 0.06 | 4.48 ± 0.06 | 4.52 ± 0.07 | 0.690 | 0.741 | 0.972 |
| On day 21 of lactation | |||||||
| Epinephrine, pg/mL | 72.86 ± 1.68 | 65.20 ± 3.35 | 68.80 ± 1.19 | 60.91 ± 1.39 | 0.003 | 0.001 | 0.896 |
| Norepinephrine, pg/mL | 386.86 ± 3.25 | 385.21 ± 3.33 | 389.28 ± 4.72 | 379.13 ± 5.03 | 0.632 | 0.217 | 0.328 |
| AST, U/L | 64.25 ± 1.60 | 60.75 ± 1.99 | 63.25 ± 0.53 | 57.63 ± 1.34 | 0.037 | 0.007 | 0.545 |
| ALT, U/L | 43.13 ± 1.42 | 44.75 ± 1.60 | 40.63 ± 2.01 | 45.38 ± 1.70 | 0.817 | 0.526 | 0.249 |
| Glucose, mmol/L | 3.74 ± 0.07 | 3.75 ± 0.05 | 3.80 ± 0.04 | 3.76 ± 0.07 | 0.709 | 0.847 | 0.573 |
| Triglycerides, mmol/L | 2.15 ± 0.08 | 2.15 ± 0.08 | 2.17 ± 0.08 | 2.18 ± 0.09 | 0.838 | 0.780 | 0.967 |
| Urea nitrogen, mmol/L | 4.79 ± 0.08 | 4.71 ± 0.09 | 4.78 ± 0.18 | 4.75 ± 0.12 | 0.741 | 0.936 | 0.902 |
1Values are presented as means ± SE, n = 8.