Table 5 Plasma metabolites showing significantly different concentrations (mmol/L) between CON, MUL, and MUH at slaughter (42 d).

From: A multi-omics approach to elucidate the mechanisms of action of a dietary muramidase administered to broiler chickens

Metabolite

Group

CON

MUL

MUH

Pyruvate

4.97E-02 (1.92E-02)b

4.19E-02 (8.92E-03)b

6.45E-02 (2.50E-02)a

2-Oxoglutarate

7.31E-03 (2.17E-03)ab

6.07E-03 (2.60E-03)b

8.97E-03 (2.61E-03)a

Glucose

4.73E + 00 (3.20E-01)ab

4.76E + 00 (4.69E-01)b

5.12E + 00 (3.75E-01)a

myo-Inositol

1.13E-01 (2.27E-02)b

1.10E-01 (1.66E-02)ab

1.29E-01 (2.42E-02)a

Uridine

4.36E-03 (1.90E-03)ab

3.26E-03 (1.13E-03)b

5.40E-03 (1.38E-03)a

Glycerol

2.11E-02 (4.29E-03)b

2.63E-02 (4.01E-03)a

2.33E-02 (6.32E-03)ab

Histidine

2.17E-02 (6.97E-03)a

2.09E-02 (5.59E-03)ab

1.97E-02 (4.91E-03)b

Uracil

3.37E-03 (9.47E-04)ab

4.27E-03 (8.40E-04)a

3.33E-03 (4.25E-04)b

Hypoxanthine

4.49E-03 (3.35E-03)a

5.47E-03 (2.02E-03)a

2.83E-03 (1.70E-03)b

  1. Table entries are means and standard deviation in brackets.
  2. a, bWithin a row, means with no common superscripts differ significantly (p-value < 0.05).