Table 2 Effect of perennial ryegrass on lipid metabolic profile, antioxidant status, and the genes regulating the antioxidant defense

Serum

TG

1.474 ± 0.15^a

1.145 ± 0.24^b

P < 0.05

Breast

MDA

3.22 ± 0.02^a

2.08 ± 0.12^b

P < 0.05

(mmol/L)

TC

7.991 ± 0.53^a

6.568 ± 0.44^b

P < 0.05

(mmol/ml)

TBAR

352.52 ± 5.51^a

283.47 ± 9.45^b

P < 0.05

(mmol/L)

LDL

3.844 ± 0.43^a

2.436 ± 0.24^b

P < 0.05

(mmol/L)

T-AOC

20.04 ± 0.22^b

29.02 ± 0.18^a

P < 0.05

(mmol/L)

HDL

4.811 ± 0.15^b

5.598 ± 0.17^a

P < 0.05

(mmol/L)

SOD

150.75 ± 3.38^b

183.92 ± 4.35^a

P < 0.05

(mmol/L)

GLU

11.493 ± 0.65^a

8.165 ± 0.73^b

P < 0.05

(mmol/L)

GSH-PX

472.74 ± 6.35^b

501.37 ± 7.99^a

P < 0.05

(mmol/L)

BUN

1.31 ± 0.10^a

0.946 ± 0.10^b

P < 0.05

(mmol/L)

CAT

228.88 ± 6.17^b

247.93 ± 6.55^a

P < 0.05

Ceca

MDA

4.35 ± 0.19^a

2.22 ± 0.16^a

P < 0.05

Breast

Gene

(mmol/ml)

TBAR

390.0 ± 37.18^a

182.15 ± 66.09^b

P < 0.05

Nrf2

1.00 ± 0.02^b

2.12 ± 0.16^a

P < 0.05

(mmol/L)

T-AOC

15.58 ± 0.77^b

23.91 ± 1.06^a

P < 0.05

HO-1

1.00 ± 0.06^b

1.63 ± 0.13^a

P < 0.05

(mmol/L)

SOD

109.73 ± 12.10^b

190.59 ± 21.43^a

P < 0.05

NQO-1

1.00 ± 0.05^b

1.34 ± 0.11^a

P < 0.05

(mmol/L)

GSH-PX

377.84 ± 72.56^b

596.89 ± 63.30^a

P < 0.05

GCLC

1.00 ± 0.09^b

2.11 ± 0.18^a

P < 0.05

(mmol/L)

CAT

42.33 ± 7.41^b

83.67 ± 11.0^a

P < 0.05

Keap-1

1.00 ± 0.02^a

0.59 ± 0.04^b

P < 0.05