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Table 3 Effect of dietary ZnO-NPs supplementation on zinc concnetrations in liver and brain tissues of Japanese quails

From: Impact of dietary zinc oxide nanoparticles on selected serum biomarkers, lipid peroxidation and tissue gene expression of antioxidant enzymes and cytokines in Japanese quail

Tissues

Unit

Dietary groups

SEM

P values

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Liver

PPb/g tissue

1.10Aa

5.20Ab

5.40Ab

5.15Ab

1.34

0.05

Brain

PPb/g tissue

1.09Aa

2.80Bb

2.89Bb

2.05Bb

1.07

0.04

  1. A−B Means within a column not sharing a common superscript differ significantly with corresponding p value
  2. a−c Means within a row not sharing a common superscript differ significantly with corresponding p value
  3. Group 1: control; Group 2: ZnO-NPs 15 mg/kg diet; Group 3: ZnO-NPs 30 mg/kg diet; Group 4: ZnO-NPs 60 mg/kg diet
  4. Abbreviations: ZnO-NPs zinc oxide nano particles, SEM Standard error of mean, PPb/g tissue part per billion per a gram of tissue