Evaluation of hepatic lipogenesis and antioxidant status of broiler chickens fed mountain celery

BMC Veterinary Research

Table 4 Effect of dietary mountain celery on lipogenic and antioxidant gene expression in broiler chickens measured at 42 days of age

Variable	Control	Mountain celery (7.5 gkg^− 1)	P-value
Acetyl CoA carboxylase	0.025 ± 0.007^a	0.003 ± 0.001^b	0.0088
Fatty acid synthase	0.071 ± 0.018^a	0.011 ± 0.002^b	0.0049
Lipoprotein lipase	0.012 ± 0.004^a	0.002 ± 0.001^b	0.0189
Malic enzyme	0.029 ± 0.009^a	0.002 ± 0.001^b	0.0111
Superoxide dismutase 1	0.0006 ± 0.0001^b	0.014 ± 0.002^a	0.0001
Catalase	0.0005 ± 0.0001^b	0.005 ± 0.001^a	0.0007

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