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Table 8 Effects of BLFs supplementation on broilers’ breast meat colour

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

Item

L*

a*

b*

c*

CON

51.73 ± 1.21

5.25 ± 0.23b

8.65 ± 0.62b

10.03 ± 0.45b

ANT

53.95 ± 1.87

5.23 ± 0.35b

9.35 ± 0.65b

11.91 ± 0.73ab

BLFL

53.08 ± 1.64

6.60 ± 0.31a

10.06 ± 0.58ab

12.03 ± 0.61a

BLFH

53.60 ± 2.58

6.90 ± 0.26a

11.98 ± 0.63a

12.71 ± 0.85a

SEM

0.910

0.172

0.369

0.398

P-value

0.850

0.007

0.005

0.017

  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) supplemented with 250 mg BLFs/kg (BLFH)
  2. L* Luminosity, a* Redness, b* Yellowness, c* Chroma