From: Essential oil and aromatic plants as feed additives in non-ruminant nutrition: a review
Item | Control | VE 100 | H 7.5 | H 15 | EO 75 | EO150 | SEM | P |
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Erythrocytes | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Glutathione Peroxidase, U/mg Hb | 35 | 36.6 | 36.9 | 36 | 34.5 | 34.8 | 0.63 | 0.87 |
 Superoxide dismutase, U/mg Hb | 1,414 | 1,398 | 1,268 | 1,243 | 1,270 | 1,210 | 27.80 | 0.16 |
 Catalase, K/mg Hb | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.08 | 0.63 |
Serum | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Total antioxidant capacity, mmol/L | 0.8b | 1.0a | 1.0a | 1.0a | 0.9a | 1.0a | 0.02 | 0.01 |
 Malondialdehyde, nmol/mL | 3.2a | 2.5bc | 2.2cd | 2.1d | 2.7b | 2.6bc | 0.08 | 0.05 |
Liver | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Glutathione Peroxidase, U/mg protein | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | - | 0.76 |
 Superoxide dismutase, U/mg protein | 3.6b | 4.0ab | 3.7b | 4.0ab | 4.3ab | 4.8a | 0.12 | 0.05 |
 Catalase, K/mg protein | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.03 | 0.71 |
 Malondialdehyde, nmol/mL protein | 5.3a | 4.4ab | 3.3bc | 2.2c | 2.3c | 2.5c | 0.30 | 0.01 |