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Table 6 Effects of dietary seaweed-derived polysaccharides (SDP) on the serum antioxidant status of weaned pigs (Exp. 2)

From: Dietary seaweed-derived polysaccharides improve growth performance of weaned pigs through maintaining intestinal barrier function and modulating gut microbial populations

Items

Dietary treatment

P-value 

 

CON

SDP

 

GSH-Px, U/mL

352.45 ± 18.33

438.38 ± 22.07

0.024

SOD, U/mL

60.17 ± 3.64

77.80 ± 1.96

0.005

CAT, U/mL

11.83 ± 0.96

15.98 ± 0.85

0.006

T-AOC, U/mL

4.73 ± 0.16

5.23 ± 0.17

0.054

MDA, nmol/mL

5.05 ± 0.33

4.05 ± 0.27

0.064

  1. GSH-Px glutathione peroxidase; SOD superoxide dismutase; CAT catalase; T-AOC total antioxidant capacity; MDA malondialdehyde
  2. n = 8 for each group