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Table 6 Effect of the enzyme (E) and dietary pawpaw leaf meal (PLM) on antioxidant enzyme status of rabbits of 91 days of age

From: Effect of pawpaw leaf meal and multi-enzyme supplementation in the diet on performance, digestibility, and oxidative enzyme status of rabbits

 

Experimental diets

SEM

P

PLM

E

0PLM-E

(diet 1)

0PLM + E

(diet 2)

10PLM-E

(diet 3)

10PLM + E

(diet 4)

SEM

P

SEM

P

GPx (μg/g)

53.37b

65.12ab

69.74a

70.01a

2.61

0.05

2.73

0.03

2.73

0.15

SOD (%)

55.72b

60.71b

71.77a

74.31a

2.52

0.01

1.69

0.01

1.69

0.16

CAT (mM/ml/min)

6.22

8.26

9.09

10.86

0.69

0.09

0.78

0.04

0.78

0.13

  1. Means with different superscripts in the same row are significant (P < 0.05)
  2. GPx glutathione peroxidase, SOD superoxide dismutase, CAT catalase