Table 3 Effect of dietary treatments on hepatic α-tocopherol (mg/100 g) and pigments (µg/100 g liver). Ctrl control diet, LA control + 10% Laminaria digitata, LAR LA + 0.005% Rovabio® Excel AP, LAL LA + 0.01% alginate lyase, SEM standard error of the means. Values with different superscripts are significantly different at P < 0.05.

From: Effect of Laminaria digitata dietary inclusion and CAZyme supplementation on blood cells, serum metabolites and hepatic lipids and minerals of weaned piglets

 

Ctrl

LA

LAR

LAL

SEM

P-value

α-Tocopherol

164

168

154

151

0.095

0.565

Pigments

 Chlorophyll-a

17.8

16.3

19.7

19.1

2.48

0.764

 Chlorophyll-b

43.4

46.0

53.6

43.7

7.75

0.765

 Total chlorophylls

61.2

62.2

73.4

62.8

9.58

0.787

 Total carotenoids

115

117

117

117

5.41

0.984

 Total chlorophylls + carotenoids

176

179

191

179

11.9

0.826