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Table 4 Total phenolic contents and free radical scavenging activity in breast meat of birds

From: Lipid stability, antioxidant potential and fatty acid composition of broilers breast meat as influenced by quercetin in combination with α-tocopherol enriched diets

Treatments

TPC (mg GAE/100 g meat)

DPPH scavenging activity (%)

Year 1

Year 2

Mean

Year 1

Year 2

Mean

T0

103.87 ± 0.94

104.67 ± 3.52

104.27 ± 1.64f

54.21 ± 0.68

55.20 ± 1.15

54.71 ± 0.64f

T1

119.73 ± 1.04

118.80 ± 1.62

119.27 ± 0.88e

61.40 ± 0.83

59.90 ± 0.71

60.65 ± 0.59ef

T2

121.10 ± 1.82

119.70 ± 0.67

120.40 ± 0.92de

62.15 ± 0.90

61.47 ± 0.58

61.81 ± 0.50e

T3

124.73 ± 0.49

122.63 ± 1.60

123.68 ± 0.88 cd

67.39 ± 0.99

67.35 ± 0.95

67.37 ± 0.61d

T4

135.33 ± 1.58

134.10 ± 0.55

134.72 ± 0.80d

64.58 ± 1.60

62.75 ± 0.50

63.67 ± 0.85de

T5

137.47 ± 1.30

135.63 ± 0.43

136.55 ± 0.74c

71.58 ± 1.45

71.08 ± 1.28

71.33 ± 0.87c

T6

139.77 ± 1.35

139.13 ± 0.61

139.45 ± 0.68b

77.17 ± 1.17

77.26 ± 0.55

77.22 ± 0.58b

T7

153.13 ± 0.61

152.53 ± 1.22

152.83 ± 0.63bc

73.24 ± 1.01

72.92 ± 1.75

73.08 ± 0.91bc

T8

157.23 ± 0.55

156.27 ± 0.50

156.75 ± 0.39ab

81.55 ± 1.21

79.43 ± 0.72

80.49 ± 0.79ab

T9

158.70 ± 0.84

157.63 ± 0.54

158.17 ± 0.51a

82.95 ± 1.41

81.85 ± 1.44

82.40 ± 0.93a

Means

135.11 ± 3.18

134.11 ± 3.16

 

69.62 ± 1.67

68.92 ± 1.61

 
  1. Means sharing similar letters in a column do not differ significantly from one another (p 0.05)
  2. T0 = control without antioxidants, T1 = 100 mg quercetin + 150 mg α-tocopherol/kg feed; T2 = 100 mg quercetin + 225 mg α-tocopherol/kg feed; T3 = 100 mg quercetin + 300 mg α-tocopherol/kg feed; T4 = 200 mg quercetin + 150 mg α-tocopherol/kg feed; T5 = 200 mg quercetin + 225 mg α-tocopherol/kg feed; T6 = 200 mg quercetin + 300 mg α-tocopherol/kg feed, T7 = 300 mg quercetin + 150 mg α-tocopherol/kg feed; T8 = 300 mg quercetin + 225 mg α-tocopherol/kg feed, T9 = 300 mg quercetin + 300 mg α-tocopherol/kg feed