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Table 2 Effect of dietary ZnO-NPs supplementation on lipid peroxidation and oxidative stress biomarkers in liver and brain tissues of Japanese quails

From: Impact of dietary zinc oxide nanoparticles on selected serum biomarkers, lipid peroxidation and tissue gene expression of antioxidant enzymes and cytokines in Japanese quail

Parameters

Dietary groups

SEM

P values

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Liver

MDA(nM/g tissue)

27.20a

21.50b

19.63b

17.63b

1.39

0.04

NO (nM /g tissue)

0.15a

0.46b

0.52b

0.67c

0.06

0.0001

GSH (nM /g tissue)

12.50a

12.72a

17.95b

18.19b

0.89

0.002

GSSG (nM /g tissue)

0.29a

0.21b

0.20b

0.16b

0.01

0.04

Brain

MDA (nM /g tissue)

23.48a

16.38b

14.77b

14.47b

1.33

0.02

NO (nM /g tissue)

0.16a

0.36b

0.41b

0.52b

0.04

0.006

GSH (nM /g tissue)

9.05a

11.32a

15.51b

16.44b

1.01

0.003

GSSG (nM /g tissue)

0.24a

0.16b

0.14b

0.12b

0.01

0.04

  1. a−c Means within a row not sharing a common superscript differ significantly with corresponding p value
  2. Group 1: control; Group 2: ZnO-NPs 15 mg/kg diet; Group 3: ZnO-NPs 30 mg/kg diet; Group 4: ZnO-NPs 60 mg/kg diet
  3. Abbreviations: ZnO-NPs zinc oxide nano particles, nM nanomole, SEM Standard error of mean, MDA malonaldehyde, NO Nitric oxide, GSH reduced glutathione, GSSG oxidized glutathione