Table 4 Effect of dietary by-products on antioxidant compounds determined in eggs.

From: Enriching laying hens eggs by feeding diets with different fatty acid composition and antioxidants

Items

C

T1

T2

SEM

p

Total polyphenol concentration (TPC) (mg GAE/g egg)

40.94b

43.66a

45.36a

17.385

0.0075

Total antioxidant capacity TAC) (mM Trolox/g yolk)

75.34b

79.56a

80.28a

1.130

0.0015

Total antioxidant capacity (TAC) (mM Trolox/g albumen)

80.47b

85.30a

86.15a

0.946

0.0094

  1. C control diet, T1 control diet with 9% rapeseed meal and 3% grapeseed meal, T2 control diet with 9% flaxseed meal and 3% sea buckthorn meal, SEM standard error of the mean, p significance.
  2. abMean marked with a different superscript letter within each column are significantly different.
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