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Table 3 Effect of dietary DL-SeMet supplementation on serum, liver, and muscle antioxidant status of weaning pigs

From: Effects of dietary Selenomethionine supplementation on growth performance, antioxidant status, plasma selenium concentration, and immune function in weaning pigs

Items1

Low-Se

Sodium selenite

DL-SeMet

SEM

P-value

< 0.1

0.3

0.1

0.3

0.5

0.7

Serum

        

 GSH-Px, U/mL

787.52bc

774.43c

837.67abc

892.12a

865.23ab

859.43ab

21.40

< 0.01

 T-AOC, U/mL

8.56b

8.43b

9.19ab

9.87a

9.23ab

9.35ab

0.27

0.01

 MDA, nmol/mL

3.74

3.36

3.25

3.97

3.96

3.98

0.37

0.58

Liver

        

 GSH-Px, U/mL

54.50c

74.60ab

81.61a

59.15bc

61.02bc

66.02bc

4.47

< 0.01

 T-AOC, U/mL

0.40b

0.43b

0.63a

0.44b

0.38b

0.46b

0.05

0.02

 MDA, nmol/mL

1.45a

1.04b

0.84b

0.82b

0.86b

1.08b

0.07

< 0.01

Muscle

        

 GSH-Px, U/mL

90.05c

100.81c

109.89abc

132.30a

129.19ab

105.11bc

7.07

< 0.01

 T-AOC, U/mL

0.85

0.77

0.83

0.73

0.74

0.80

0.07

0.73

 MDA, nmol/mL

0.16a

0.10b

0.12b

0.11b

0.11b

0.11b

0.01

< 0.01

  1. a-cMeans followed by different letters in a row differ significantly (P < 0.05), followed by no or same letters indicated no significant difference (P > 0.05).
  2. 1GSH-Px: glutathione peroxidase, T-AOC: total antioxidative capacity, MDA: methane dicarboxylic aldehyde.