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Table 4 Effects of dietary tryptophan levels and diquat injection on the activities of antioxidant enzymes and the malondialdehyde concentration in the plasma and liver of the weaned piglets

From: Correction to: The effect of dietary tryptophan levels on oxidative stress of liver induced by diquat in weaned piglets

Item

- diquat

+ diquat

SEM

P

Trp 0.18%

Trp 0.30%

Trp 0.45%

Trp 0.18%

Trp 0.30%

Trp 0.45%

Trp

diquat

Trp × diquat

Plasma

 SOD, U/mL

131.55

130.60

131.37

121.26

135.07

129.65

7.13

0.71

0.69

0.64

 GPx, U/mL

698.32b

811.76a

810.08a

665.55b

768.24ab

748.07ab

38.60

0.62

0.08

0.66

 MDA, nmol/mL

2.28

2.48

2.43

2.41

2.28

2.31

0.26

0.89

0.60

0.97

Liver

 SOD, U/mL

564.43a

579.77a

595.80a

469.14b

516.04ab

527.69ab

31.64

0.74

<  0.05

0.09

 GPx, U/mL

95.63a

95.71a

95.56a

76.04b

90.03a

99.44a

5.20

0.18

<  0.05

0.05

 MDA, nmol/mL

1.60a

1.27b

1.56a

1.74a

1.44ab

1.59a

0.14

0.23

0.09

0.06

  1. + diquat, intraperitoneal injection diquat; − diquat, intraperitoneal injection of sterile 0.9% NaCl solution; Trp 0.18%, dietary tryptophan level 0.18%; Trp 0.30%, dietary tryptophan level 0.30%; Trp 0.45%, dietary tryptophan level 0.45%; SOD, superoxide dismutase; GPx, Glutathione peroxidase, MDA, Malondialdehyde. a, b, cMean values with unlike superscript letters were significantly different (P < 0.05). (Mean values with their pooled standard errors, n = 5 or 6)