An Antioxidant Dietary Supplement Improves Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Levels in Serum of Aged Dogs: Preliminary Results

Table 1

Dogs’ diet groups and their features.

Group	Pet food	Sex	Mean age ± SEM
1	Organic chicken	2M, 6F	9 ± 0.08
2	Chicken + antioxidants	5M, 3F	7 ± 0.25
3	Fish	6M, 2F	9 ± 0.63
4	Fish + antioxidants	3M, 5F	9 ± 0.94

Antioxidants added in groups 2 and 4 are Grifola frondosa, Curcuma longa, Carica papaya, Punica granatum, Aloe vera, Polygonum cuspidatum, Solanum lycopersicum, Vitis vinifera, and Rosmarinus officinalis an Omega 3/6 ratio of 1 : 0.8.