Table 5. Effects of dietary selenium sources1) on glutathione peroxidase activity and ribonucleotides content of Pectoralis major m. in commercial broiler chickens

Traits T1 T2 T3 RMSE p-value
GSH-Px2) 0.51b 0.62ab 0.77 a 0.11 0.009
Hypoxanthine3) 2.89 4.71 3.78 1.71 0.247
Inosine3) 43.47 51.94 40.20 14.82 0.394
IMP3) 229.85 190.40 175.66 42.62 0.136
GMP3) 2.67 2.34 2.01 0.76 0.385
The T1, T2, and T3 treatment groups were fed diets containing 0.3 ppm Na-Se, 0.15 ppm Na-Se+0.15 ppm Zn-L-SeMet, and 0.3 ppm Zn-L-SeMet, respectively.
unit/mg protein.
mg/100 g.
LSMeans in the same row with different letters are significantly different (p<0.05).
GSH-Px, glutathione peroxidase; IMP, inosine monophosphate; GMP, guanosine monophosphate; Zn-L-SeMet, Zn-L-selenomethionine.