. 2022 Sep 6;11(9):1757. doi: 10.3390/antiox11091757

Table 2.

The impacts of polysaccharides from seaweed (Enteromorpha prolifera) on serum liver function-related indexes and relative liver weight of broiler chickens exposed to AFB₁.

Items	CON	AFB₁	AFB₁ + SDP	SEM	p-Value
Items	CON	AFB₁	AFB₁ + SDP	SEM	ANOVA	CON vs. AFB₁	AFB₁ vs. AFB₁ + SDP	CON vs. AFB₁ + SDP
ALT activity, U/L	6.68	8.05	6.82	0.35	0.038	0.020	0.033	0.782
AST activity, U/L	232.72	272.59	249.48	6.60	0.005	0.002	0.032	0.103
TP content, g/L	40.55	44.28	43.01	1.49	0.243	0.106	0.558	0.269
Relative liver weight, %	2.06	2.35	2.12	0.07	0.049	0.020	0.045	0.683

ALT: alanine transaminase; AST: aspartate transaminase; TP: total protein; SDP: seaweed-derived polysaccharides; SEM: standard error of the mean; ANOVA: analysis of variance. CON: control group; AFB₁ group: fed 0.1 mg/kg AFB₁; AFB₁ + SDP group: AFB₁ + 0.25% SDP.