Table 3 Effect of selenium and anthocyanin on plasma antioxidant and immune parameters in goats.

From: Effects of selenium and anthocyanin on apparent digestibility, blood parameters, rumen fermentation, and microbiota compositions of goat doe

Item

Treatment

SEM

p-value

 

CON

Se

An

SeAn

  

Antioxidant parameters

      

TAC, U/mL

6.77

5.24

6.59

4.52

0.7631

0.2069

SOD, U/mL

143.91b

243.54ab

217.71ab

302.58a

35.5280

0.0369

GPX, U/mL

24.20b

30.25ab

33.48ab

39.33a

3.2331

0.0464

CAT, U/mL

7.46b

6.80b

7.97b

9.68a

0.5057

0.0013

MDA, nmol/mL

325.22a

278.18ab

288.26ab

233.91b

19.1351

0.0158

O2−•, U/mL

131.84

129.43

134.71

127.93

3.0630

0.4411

Immune parameters

      

IgA, mg/L

208.83c

238.68a

220.29b

236.68a

3.5432

< 0.0001

IgG, mg/L

76.27

55.27

52.35

59.18

6.1265

0.3891

IgM, mg/L

3.98

3.20

3.73

3.04

0.4091

0.4023

  1. a−cValues with different letters within the same row are significantly different (p < 0.05). CON, control; Se, dietary supplemented with 4.8 mg/kg selenium-yeast; An, dietary supplemented with 50 mg/kg purple corn anthocyanins; SeAn, dietary supplemented with 4.8 mg/kg selenium-yeast + 50 mg/kg purple corn anthocyanins. TAC, total antioxidant capacity; SOD, superoxide dismutase; GPX, glutathione peroxidase; CAT, catalase; MDA, malondialdehyde; O2−., superoxide anion radical; IgA, immunoglobulin A; IgG, immunoglobulin G; IgM, immunoglobulin M.