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Table 1 Effects of various compounds on body weight gain and relative liver weight of 5-week-old female chickens1.

From: δ-Tocotrienol and quercetin reduce serum levels of nitric oxide and lipid parameters in female chickens

 

Nutritional state

Body weight

Liver weight/100 g

  

Gain (g)

Body weight

1

Control Diet (CD)2

240.12 ± 11.37bc

2.41 ± 0.29ef

2

CD + δ-Tocotrienol (50 ppm)

218.83 ± 8.16e

2.42 ± 0.19ef

3

CD + Quercetin (50 ppm)

225.50 ± 5.96de

2.35 ±0.23ef

4

CD + Riboflavin (50 ppm)

231.17 ± 7.52cd

2.61 ± 0.18cd

5

CD + (-) Corey lactone (50 ppm)

244.00 ± 5.02b

2.60 ± 0.18cde

6

CD + Amiloride (10 ppm)

230.33 ± 11.91de

2.80 ± 0.25c

7

CD + Dexamethasone (1.0 ppm)

57.00 ± 8.41f

4.44 ± 0.21b

 

δ-Tocotrienol (50 ppm) blend 3

  

8

CD + δ-T3 + Quercetin (50 ppm)

243.50 ± 10.0b

2.55 ± 0.23cdef

9

CD + δ-T3 + Riboflavin (50 ppm)

228.50 ± 13.50de

2.75 ± 0.20cd

10

CD + δ-T3 + (-) Corey lactone (50 ppm)

266.83 ± 13.86a

2.48 ± 0.27def

11

CD + δ-T3 + Amiloride (10 ppm)

259.50 ± 4.18a

2.27 ± 0.14f

12

CD + δ-T3 + Dexamethasone (1.0 ppm)

39.33 ± 7.20g

5.75 ± 0.48a

  1. 1Feeding period was 4 weeks; Data expressed as means ± SD = 6 chickens per group.
  2. 2The value of control group was an average of 3 control groups.
  3. 3The diets of groups 8 - 12 were supplemented with δ-tocotrienol (50 ppm).
  4. a-gValues in columns not sharing a common superscript letter are significantly different at P < 0.05.