Antioxidant capacity and concentration of redox-active trace mineral in fully weaned intra-uterine growth retardation piglets

Table 4 Effect of intra-uterine growth retardation on redox status of weaned piglets

Items^a	IUGR	NBW	P values
Plasma
T-AOC, U/mL	3.80 ± 0.37	5.06 ± 0.23	0.019
T-SOD, U/mL	97.92 ± 3.09	117.39 ± 6.04	0.023
GPX, U/mL	246.97 ± 9.48	243.86 ± 7.97	0.807
CP, U/L	124.72 ± 5.47	148.68 ± 8.86	0.044
MDA, nmol/mL	3.03 ± 0.42	1.89 ± 0.15	0.040
Protein carbonyl, nmol/mL	0.32 ± 0.02	0.25 ± 0.01	0.010
Liver
T-AOC, U/mg protein	4.38 ± 0.26	5.45 ± 0.50	0.085
T-SOD, U/mg protein	65.99 ± 3.63	86.62 ± 4.37	0.005
Cu/Zn-SOD, U/mg protein	45.67 ± 2.76	63.01 ± 3.29	0.002
GPX, U/mg protein	124.05 ± 6.64	142.49 ± 10.28	0.163
CAT, U/mg protein	57.08 ± 5.47	71.27 ± 6.58	0.049
MDA, nmol/mg protein	0.91 ± 0.11	0.72 ± 0.09	0.200
Protein carbonyl, nmol/mg protein	5.02 ± 1.46	3.29 ± 0.61	0.300
Cu/Zn-SOD, pg/mg protein	28.08 ± 1.34	31.81 ± 1.05	0.053
Cu/Zn-SOD, U/pg Cu/Zn-SOD protein	14.00 ± 0.90	17.48 ± 0.94	0.023

^a IUGR intra-uterine growth retardation group, NBW normal birth weight group, T-AOC total antioxidant capacity, T-SOD total superoxide dismutase, Cu/Zn-SOD copper- and zinc-containing superoxide dismutase, GPX glutathione peroxidise, CP ceruloplasmin, MDA malondialdehyde, CAT catalase

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