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Table 7 Effects of BLFs supplementation on broilers’ leg meat colour

From: Dietary bamboo leaf flavonoids improve quality and microstructure of broiler meat by changing untargeted metabolome

Item

L*

a*

b*

c*

CON

51.02 ± 1.23

5.28 ± 0.75

10.76 ± 1.26

13.05 ± 0.86b

ANT

51.51 ± 1.22

5.11 ± 0.09

9.96 ± 0.43

14.49 ± 0.59b

BLFL

52.58 ± 1.48

5.31 ± 0.13

10.61 ± 0.71

16.00 ± 0.71a

BLFH

55.41 ± 1.64

5.83 ± 0.12

11.31 ± 0.37

15.88 ± 0.52a

SEM

0.595

0.309

0.383

0.388

P-value

0.484

0.367

0.479

0.015

  1. All measurements were expressed as Mean ± SD (n = 6). a,bMeans with different letters in the same column are different significantly (P < 0.05). Birds supplemented with basal diet (CON), supplemented with 20 mg bacitracin/kg (ANT), supplemented with 50 mg BLFs/kg (BLFL) or supplemented with 250 mg BLFs/kg (BLFH)
  2. L* Luminosity, a* Redness, b* Yellowness, c* Chroma