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Table 5 Effect of LC supplementation on serum anti-oxidation indices of weaned piglets

From: Effects of low-molecular-weight chitosan on the growth performance, intestinal morphology, barrier function, cytokine expression and antioxidant system of weaned piglets

Group

CON

LC

SEM

P-value

CAT (U/mL)

101.3

107.3

7.13

0.704

GSH-Px (U/mL)

44.1

45.4

0.69

0.357

T-SOD (U/mL)

111.6

114.2

4.17

0.779

MDA (nmol/mL)

3.10

1.74

0.55

0.233

T-AOC (U/mL)

1.45

1.82

0.10

0.064

  1. CON piglets fed the basal diet, LC piglets fed the basal diet with 50 mg/kg 20–30 kDa low-molecular-weight chitosan, CAT activities of catalase, GSH-Px glutathione peroxidase, T-SOD total superoxide dismutase, MDA contents of malondialdehyde, T-AOC total antioxidant capacity, SEM standard error of mean, n = 5
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