Table 7.
The effect of different antioxidants on the relative mRNA gene expression of laying hens.
| Tissue | Genes | Control | VE | CA | PF | L | SEM | p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magnum | HO-1 | 0.53 c | 1.09 a | 0.88 b | 1.05 a | 1.09 a | 0.044 | <0.001 |
| SOD1 | 0.47 c | 1.19 a | 0.89 b | 1.20 a | 1.14 a | 0.054 | <0.001 | |
| GSH-Px | 0.44 c | 0.89 a | 0.65 b | 0.98 a | 0.94 a | 0.045 | <0.001 | |
| CAT | 0.51 c | 1.03 a | 0.71 b | 1.07 a | 1.00 a | 0.046 | <0.001 | |
| Nrf-2 | 0.63 c | 1.21 a | 0.93 b | 1.18 a | 1.17 a | 0.049 | <0.001 | |
| P38MAPK | 0.55 c | 1.24 a | 0.96 b | 1.28 a | 1.26 a | 0.058 | <0.001 | |
| Liver | HO-1 | 0.46 c | 1.13 a | 0.87 b | 1.11 a | 1.15 a | 0.052 | <0.001 |
| SOD1 | 0.61 c | 1.22 a | 0.92 b | 1.21 a | 1.21 a | 0.050 | <0.001 | |
| GSH-Px | 0.41 c | 0.85 a | 0.62 b | 0.95 a | 0.91 a | 0.045 | <0.001 | |
| CAT | 1.17 | 1.18 | 1.16 | 1.17 | 1.14 | 0.016 | 0.929 | |
| Nrf-2 | 0.55 c | 1.15 a | 0.84 b | 1.13 a | 1.12 a | 0.051 | <0.001 | |
| P38MAPK | 0.90 c | 1.41 a | 1.20 b | 1.48 a | 1.52 a | 0.052 | <0.001 |
VE 0.02% = vitamin E; CA 0.24% = chlorogenic acid; PF 0.05% = polyphenol; L 0.03% = lutein; SEM = standard error of mean, n = 6. The small letters in each row represent significant differences among treatments; a post-hoc Duncan test was used for means comparison. Significance was set at p < 0.05.