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.