Table 5.
Effect of in-ovo injection of thiacloprid (TH), chicoric (CA), and rosmarinic acids (RA) on liver antioxidants/oxidative stress biomarkers in the 7-day hatchlings.
| Experimental groups |
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| Parameters | Control | TH | CA | RA | TH/CA | TH/RA | TH/CA+RA | P-value |
| SOD (U/g) | 142.81 ± 1.22a | 112.57 ± 0.86b | 155.04 ± 3.76a | 153.61 ± 6.42a | 123.39 ± 0.97b | 124.10 ± 3.58b | 144.48 ± 4.41a | <0.001 |
| CAT (U/g) | 5.38 ± 0.08 | 5.36 ± 0.09 | 5.24 ± 0.18 | 5.38 ± 0.12 | 5.37 ± 0.07 | 5.37 ± 0.08 | 5.34 ± 0.16 | 0.986 |
| GSH (nmol/g) | 75.79 ± 0.21ab | 58.66 ± 1.71e | 78.22 ± 0.89a | 78.11 ± 0.31a | 64.02 ± 1.39d | 70.13 ± 0.01c | 73.53 ± 0.82bc | <0.001 |
| MDA (nmol/g) | 2.14 ± 0.1d | 3.62 ± 0.12a | 2.77 ± 0.19c | 2.80 ± 0.12c | 3.47 ± 0.14ab | 3.49 ± 0.14ab | 3.13 ± 0.02bc | <0.001 |
Values are mean ± SE, values not sharing a joint superscript letter (a - e) differ significantly at *P < 0.05.