Effects of dietary coenzyme Q10 supplementation during gestation on the embryonic survival and reproductive performance of high-parity sows

Table 5 Effect of dietary CoQ10 supplementation on antioxidant properties in plasma and endometrium samples in Exp. 1

	Young sows		High-parity sows		SD	P-value
	CON	+ CoQ10	CON	+ CoQ10	SD	P	D	P × D
No. of sows	14	14	12	11	-	-	-	-
In plasma
GSH-Px, U/mL	993.3^ab	1,095.7^a	726.7^b	1,023.6^ab	227.6	*	*	ns
CAT, U/mL	14.5	16.3	13.1	14.9	4.89	ns	ns	ns
MDA, nmol/mL	1.94^b	1.66^b	2.53^a	1.73^b	0.56	*	*	ns
SOD, U/mL	20.8^ab	25.2^a	16.2^b	22.0^ab	6.21	*	*	ns
In endometrium
GSH-Px, U/mg	103.2^ab	115.9^a	85.3^b	101.7^ab	22.3	*	*	ns
CAT, U/mg	9.23^ab	11.45^a	8.18^b	10.84^ab	2.85	ns	*	ns
MDA, nmol/mg	0.90^ab	0.70^b	1.26^a	0.85^b	0.36	*	*	ns
SOD, U/mg	13.5	16.4	11.8	13.2	5.70	ns	ns	ns

CON Control diet, + CoQ10 Control diet supplemented with 1 g/kg coenzyme Q10, GSH-Px Glutathione peroxidase, CAT Catalase, MDA Malondialdehyde, SOD Superoxide dismutase, P Parity, D Diet, P × D Interaction between parity and diet
^a,bMeans in the same row with different superscripts differ significantly (P < 0.05)
^*P < 0.05; ns, non-significant, P > 0.10

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