Table 3.

Plasma concentrations of indicators of inflammation and oxidative status in CNT and AAP pigs measured before weaning (Week 0), and 1 and 6 weeks after weaning (Weeks 1 and 6).¹

	Experimental diets2		SEM3	P-value4
Items	CNT	AAP
No.5	40	40
Week 0
Haptoglobin, mg/ml	2.91	2.99	0.12	0.70
Vitamin E, µmol/L	7.78	8.23	0.37	0.54
Vitamin A, µmol/L	0.34	0.34	0.01	0.99
Diamine Oxidase, pg/ml	283.7	290.8	4.80	0.11
dROM, CARRU6	1000.6	994.6	17.76	0.89
BAP, µmol/L	2442.7	2472.4	23.43	0.54
ISO7, CARRU/µmol/L	0.41	0.40	0.01	0.23
Week 1
Haptoglobin, mg/ml	3.52	2.98	0.13	0.03
Vitamin E, µmol/L	3.36	3.61	0.10	0.21
Vitamin A, µmol/L	0.34	0.36	0.01	0.56
Diamine Oxidase, pg/ml	312.8	316.7	6.0	0.54
dROM, CARRU6	1073.2	994.9	20.92	0.07
BAP, µmol/L	2327.2	2321.33	27.26	0.96
ISO7, CARRU/µmol/L	0.40	0.38	0.01	0.06
Week 6
Haptoglobin, mg/ml	1.49	1.39	0.12	0.65
Vitamin E, µmol/L	1.57	2.00	0.07	< 0.01
Vitamin A, µmol/L	0.30	0.35	0.02	0.04
Diamine Oxidase, pg/ml	307.4	287.6	5.9	0.03
dROM, CARRU6	970.4	970.9	17.23	0.98
BAP, µmol/L	2826.4	2797.1	20.57	0.48
ISO7, CARRU/µmol/L	0.43	0.40	0.01	0.09

¹Values are least square means

²Post-weaning period: Pigs were fed the CNT or AAP diet for 6 weeks. The AAP diet consisted of a control standard diet (CNT) supplemented with 0.2% of a blend of functional amino acids (L-arginine, L-cystine, L-leucine, L-valine, L-isoleucine, and L-glutamine) and grape polyphenols

³Standard error of the mean

⁴Probability value for the effect of experimental diets

⁵Number of pigs per group

⁶CARRU (Carratelli Unit, 1 CARRU = 0.08 mg H₂O₂/100 mL of sample)

⁷ISO (Oxidative Stress Index) = dROM/BAP