Table 2 Effect of Arthrospira platensis, individually or combined with exogenous CAZymes, on plasma metabolites of piglets

 Total lipids (mg/L)1

3227^a

3557^b

3352^ab

3466^ab

69.0

0.011

 TAG (mg/L)

433.3^ab

496.7^b

352.2^a

524.0^b

27.0

< 0.001

 Total cholesterol (mg/L)

646.7^a

780.0^b

750.0^ab

721.0^ab

28.9

< 0.001

 HDL-cholesterol (mg/L)

291.1^a

337.8^bc

358.9^c

315.0^ab

9.98

< 0.001

 LDL-cholesterol (mg/L)

375.5^a

466.7^b

393.3^a

417.0^ab

18.4

0.009

 VLDL-cholesterol (mg/L)2

86.7^ab

99.3^b

70.4^a

104.8^b

5.40

< 0.001

 Total cholesterol/HDL-C

2.24^ab

2.31^b

2.08^a

2.29^ab

0.059

0.033

 Glucose (mg/L)

1228^a

1358^b

1278^ab

1525^c

298

< 0.001

 Urea (mg/L)

153.3

167.8

164.4

182.0

7.32

0.058

 Creatinine (mg/L)

8.77^ab

8.52^a

9.41^bc

9.08^c

0.100

< 0.001

 Total protein (g/L)

50.8^b

44.0^a

48.9^b

50.1^b

5.03

< 0.001

 ALT (U/L)

36.0^a

47.2^b

58.9^c

47.0^b

1.21

< 0.001

 AST (U/L)

40.4^a

59.2^ab

63.9^bc

81.8^c

5.08

< 0.001

 ALP (U/L)

194.9^a

213.4^a

241.2^b

266.6^b

7.19

< 0.001

 GGT (U/L)

42.2^b

24.2^a

23.4^a

27.9^a

1.47

< 0.001

 IgA (mg/L)

23.3

26.7

24.4

25.0

2.23

0.761

 IgG (mg/L)

1899^b

2003^b

1921^b

1400^a

95.4

< 0.001

 IgM (mg/L)

484.4^b

578.9^c

336.7^a

458.0^b

14.6

< 0.001