A Comprehensive Exploration of the Fatty Acids Profile, Cholesterol, and Tocopherols Levels in Liver from Laying Hens Fed Diets Containing Nonindustrial Hemp Seed

Table 5

Effect of dietary hemp seed on weight, fat content, relative fat content, cholesterol, and tocopherol concentration of the liver of studied laying hens.

Items	Group				SEM	value
	Control	HS-10	HS-20	HS-30
Liver weight (g)	48.71	50.67	53.29	50.70	2.06	0.198
Fat liver (g/100 g)	5.09	4.92	4.74	4.84	0.22	0.438
Relative fat liver (%)	2.47	2.50	2.52	2.45	0.186	0.979
Cholesterol (mg/100 g liver)	95.14^b	82.05^a	90.39^b	91.84^b	3.062	0.013
α-Tocopherol (μg/g liver)	8.055^a	8.7651^a	9.8885^a	15.81^b	0.912	<0.001
γ–Tocopherol (μg/g liver)	0.936^ba	0.651^a	1.131^b	1.661^c	0.110	<0.001
Total tocopherol	8.991^a	9.416^a	11.02^a	17.46^b	0.549	<0.001

^abcMean marked with a different superscript letter within each row are significantly different.