Dietary garcinol supplementation improves diarrhea and intestinal barrier function associated with its modulation of gut microbiota in weaned piglets

Table 5 Effects of garcinol on blood biochemical indices of weaned piglets

Items	Control group	The level of garcinol, mg/kg			SEM
Items	Control group	200	400	600	SEM
TP, g/L	34.16	36.25	27.45	28.46	0.95
ALB, g/L	26.21	23.47	21.35	22.76	0.62
BUN, U/L	3.71	3.67	3.58	3.69	0.22
TCH, U/L	2.05	2.24	2.01	2.09	0.05
GLU, mmol/L	5.94	5.99	5.84	5.89	0.10
ALT, U/L	72.56	51.35	61.35	52.34	3.26
AST, U/L	65.21	69.35	78.45	72.53	2.76
MDA, nmol/mL	2.92^a	2.08^b	1.82^b	1.72^b	0.19
T-AOC, U/mL	1.94^b	2.54^a	2.69^a	2.72^a	2.21
SOD, U/mL	67.59^b	77.33^a	81.06^a	82.95^a	3.87
CAT, U/mL	20.91^b	22.47^a	24.09^a	24.37^a	1.42
GSH- Px, U/mL	872.4^b	896.1^a	911.6^a	932.75^a	43.56

In the same row, values with no letter or the same letter superscripts mean no significant difference (P > 0.05), while with different letter superscripts mean significant difference (P < 0.05). TP, serum total protein; ALB Albumin, BUN Blood urea nitrogen, TCH Total cholesterol, GLU Glucose, ALT Serum alanine aminotransferase, AST Aspartate aminotransferase, MDA Malonaldehyde, GSH- Px Glutathione peroxidase, CAT Catalase, T-AOC Total antioxidative capacity, T-SOD Total superoxide dismutase. n = 12

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