Table 3. Effects of herbal rations on serum and meat lipid and minerals status of broilers.

Variables	CT-R	Herbal rations			SEM	p-value
		LG-R	SM-R	LS-R
Serum lipid profile (mg/dl)
TGs	141.7a ± 0.66	137.2b ± 0.99	139.1b ± 0.94	137.5b ± 1.68	0.607	0.004
TC	122.5a ± 1.35	116.8b ± 1.32	118.0b ± 1.17	118.4b ± 0.93	0.715	0.002
HDL-C	60.7c ± 0.49	63.1ab ± 1.00	61.9bc ± 0.73	63.6a ± 0.38	0.386	0.003
LDL-C	33.6a ± 1.11	26.3b ± 1.52	28.3b ± 1.46	27.3b ± 1.45	0.911	0.001
VLDL-C	28.3a ± 0.13	27.4b ± 0.20	27.8b ± 0.19	27.5b ± 0.34	0.121	0.004
Serum minerals profile
Ca, mg/dl	8.80 ± 0.25	9.04 ± 0.10	8.91 ± 0.14	8.99 ± 0.15	0.049	0.386
P, mg/dl	5.10 ± 0.12	5.21 ± 0.15	5.13 ± 0.12	5.12 ± 0.16	0.036	0.798
Zn, µg/dl	180.4c ± 0.80	187.7a ± 1.76	182.1c ± 0.96	184.5b ± 1.05	0.887	0.001
Fe, µg/dl	122.1b ± 1.11	122.5b1.09	126.2a ± 1.78	124.6a ± 0.96	0.565	0.006
Meat lipid and mineral profiles
Abd. fat (%)	1.40a ± 0.01	1.35b ± 0.01	1.36b ± 0.02	1.35b ± 0.02	0.007	0.002
TC, mg/dl	83.33a ± 0.92	79.43b ± 0.90	80.26b ± 0.79	80.54b ± 0.63	0.485	0.002
Zn, mg/kg	9.55c ± 0.013	9.60a ± 0.017	9.56bc ± 0.017	9.59ab ± 0.016	0.007	0.015
Fe, mg/kg	6.31c ± 0.014	6.32bc ± 0.015	6.37a ± 0.022	6.34ab ± 0.028	0.008	0.012

CT-R: Corn-soya based basal ration, LG-R: CT-R + 1.0% fresh lemongrass on DM basis, SM-R: CT-R + 1.0% fresh spearmint on DM basis, LS-R: CT-R + 0.5% fresh lemongrass and 0.5% fresh spearmint on DM basis, TC: Total cholesterol, HDL-C: High-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL: Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, VLDL: Very low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, Ca: Calcium, P: Phosphorous, Zn: Zinc, Fe: Iron, Abd. fat: Abdominal fat, mg/dl: Milligram per deciliter, µg/dl: Microgram per deciliter, %: Percentage, mg/kg: Milligram per kilogram, SEM: Standard error mean.

^a–c Means values with dissimilar superscripts differ significantly (p < 0.05).