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. 2022 Mar 24;9:802051. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2022.802051

Table 5.

Effects of CAT on antioxidant indices of yellow broilers.

Items T-AOC CAT SOD GSH-Px MDA
30th day The unit of measure mmol/g prot U/g prot U/mg prot U/g prot nmol/mg prot
Liver CON 0.12 ± 0.02b 19.59 ± 6.23a 941.63 ± 189.63b 33.22 ± 18.79b 0.42 ± 0.12
R1 0.18 ± 0.02a 53.58 ± 15.00b 1,182.80 ± 181.60a 64.90 ± 13.96a 0.36 ± 0.15
R2 0.21 ± 0.05a 66.60 ± 18.87b 1,234.62 ± 422.53a 66.29 ± 22.55a 0.33 ± 0.12
The unit of measure U/ml U/ml U/ml U/ml nmol/ml
Serum CON 11.65 ± 1.86 3.44 ± 0.80b 121.80 ± 13.83 570.36 ± 73.19b 3.29 ± 0.58a
R1 13.13 ± 1.75 4.43 ± 0.60a 135.03 ± 16.14 695.69 ± 87.93a 3.10 ± 0.52ab
R2 13.50 ± 3.11 4.82 ± 0.72a 139.13 ± 25.98 715.43 ± 125.54a 2.72 ± 0.30b
The unit of measure mmol/g prot U/g prot U/mg prot U/g prot nmol/mg prot
Jejunum CON 0.11 ± 0.02 5.68 ± 2.37c 621.84 ± 63.73 71.87 ± 25.70 2.23 ± 1.70a
R1 0.12 ± 0.03 16.63 ± 7.97b 680.65 ± 140.05 100.03 ± 44.63 1.82 ± 1.31ab
R2 0.12 ± 0.03 23.22 ± 4.48a 696.81 ± 90.19 103.76 ± 33.04 1.65 ± 0.96b
60th day The unit of measure mmol/g prot U/g prot U/mg prot U/g prot nmol/mg prot
Liver CON 0.11 ± 0.02b 33.55 ± 21.07b 1,056.54 ± 212.78b 26.50 ± 14.87b 0.36 ± 0.14
R1 0.15 ± 0.05a 69.29 ± 54.80a 1,269.69 ± 180.37a 53.56 ± 14.24a 0.30 ± 0.13
R2 0.17 ± 0.02a 76.91 ± 45.35a 1,303.23 ± 193.14a 54.56 ± 15.32a 0.26 ± 0.09
The unit of measure U/ml U/ml U/ml U/ml nmol/ml
Serum CON 13.04 ± 1.55b 4.53 ± 1.03c 167.24 ± 13.85 678.52 ± 110.56b 2.53 ± 0.54
R1 17.00 ± 2.24a 6.29 ± 0.73b 179.54 ± 18.75 869.29 ± 139.07a 2.45 ± 0.34
R2 17.54 ± 1.50a 8.07 ± 1.79a 184.16 ± 17.86 1,005.47 ± 143.97a 2.40 ± 0.34
The unit of measure mmol/g prot U/g prot U/mg prot U/g prot nmol/mg prot
Jejunum CON 0.10 ± 0.03 5.25 ± 2.20b 590.41 ± 60.51 68.55 ± 20.21 2.13 ± 1.59
R1 0.11 ± 0.02 16.00 ± 7.07a 626.38 ± 106.40 92.92 ± 38.89 1.77 ± 1.27
R2 0.12 ± 0.03 20.74 ± 3.29a 643.46 ± 125.67 97.29 ± 30.46 1.72 ± 1.30

Data are the mean ± SEM (n = 8). CON-broilers fed the basal diet, R1-broilers fed the basal diet supplemented with 150 U/kg CAT, R2-broilers fed the basal diet supplemented with 200 U/kg of CAT.

a,b,c

Values within the same period and the same column with different letters differ (p < 0.05). T-AOC, total antioxidant capacity; SOD, superoxide dismutase; GSH-Px, glutathione peroxidase; MDA, malondialdehyde.