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Table 5 Jejunal glutathione and glutathione disulfide concentration at postnatal d14 of suckling piglets

From: Increased maternal consumption of methionine as its hydroxyl analog promoted neonatal intestinal growth without compromising maternal energy homeostasis

Item

Treatment

Pooled SEM

CON

DLM

HMTBA

GSH (μmol/g protein)

41.01

39.70

41.37

2.68

GSSG (μmol/g protein)

3.09a

2.93a

1.40b

0.24

GSSG/GSH

0.072a

0.074a

0.036b

0.01

  1. Control (CON), DL-methionine (DLM), DL-2-hydroxy-4-methylthiobutanoic acid diets (HMTBA), glutathione (GSH), glutathione disulfide (GSSG), the ratio of glutathione disulfide to glutathione(GSSG/GSH). a, bWithin a row, means without a common superscript differ (P < 0.05)