TABLE 2.

Concentrations of berberine in plasma and cecal content of chickens that received a normal diet or a diet supplemented with 1 g berberine/kg feed for 12 or 21 days posthatch^a

	Control group			BBR group
Berberine quantification	Day 12	Day 21	P value	Day 12	Day 21	P value
BBR in plasma (ng/mL)	1.72 ± 1.65	0.98 ± 1.08	0.3480	52.95 ± 59.23	50.93 ± 38.63	0.3390
BBR in cecal content (μg/g)	0.05 ± 0.01	0.04 ± 0.01	0.3917	168.10 ± 68.33	51.82 ± 31.49	<0.0001

^aData are expressed as the mean ± standard deviation. Normal diet (Control group), n = 6; 1 g berberine/kg-supplemented diet (BBR group), n = 12. Bold value represents significant P values (P < 0.05).