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

Table 5 Alpha tocopherol and quercetin content in broiler breast meat

Treatments	Alpha tocopherol contents (mg/kg meat)			Quercetin contents (mg/kg of meat)
Treatments	Year 1	Year 2	Mean	Year 1	Year 2	Mean
T0	10.98 ± 0.21	10.42 ± 0.12	10.70 ± 0.17 g	-	-	-
T1	13.57 ± 0.55	12.83 ± 0.50	13.20 ± 0.37f	3.68 ± 0.22	3.57 ± 0.15	03.62 ± 0.13e
T2	17.70 ± 0.23	17.60 ± 0.35	17.65 ± 0.19ef	4.20 ± 0.24	4.13 ± 0.20	04.16 ± 0.17de
T3	24.13 ± 0.70	23.77 ± 0.57	23.95 ± 0.41de	14.16 ± 1.05	14.11 ± 1.12	14.13 ± 1.06b
T4	16.77 ± 0.43	16.57 ± 0.33	16.67 ± 0.24e	8.74 ± 0.54	8.67 ± 0.64	08.70 ± 0.63 cd
T5	24.35 ± 0.96	24.13 ± 0.67	24.24 ± 0.53d	9.12 ± 0.64	9.01 ± 0.75	09.06 ± 0.74c
T6	30.12 ± 0.39	29.67 ± 0.35	29.89 ± 0.25c	9.92 ± 0.51	9.87 ± 0.63	09.89 ± 0.72bc
T7	18.46 ± 1.17	18.02 ± 0.87	18.24 ± 0.66e	4.85 ± 0.13	4.74 ± 0.15	04.79 ± 0.14d
T8	31.97 ± 0.89	31.57 ± 0.82	31.77 ± 0.55b	14.73 ± 1.04	14.62 ± 1.03	14.67 ± 1.03ab
T9	38.77 ± 0.62	37.27 ± 0.64	38.02 ± 0.52a	16.38 ± 1.12	16.34 ± 1.07	16.36 ± 1.01a
Means	22.68 ± 1.57	22.18 ± 1.53		8.58 ± 0.95	8.51 ± 0.91

Means sharing similar letters in a column do not differ significantly from one another (p 0.05)
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

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