Chemical Composition and Antioxidant Activities of Polysaccharides from Yingshan Cloud Mist Tea

Table 2

Effects of GTPS on growth performance in chickens.

Item	Groups
Body weight (g)	NC	LDG	MDG	HDG
Body weight after prefeeding period	^a	^a	^a	^a
28 d	^d	^c	^b	^a
56 d	^d	^c	^b	^a
Average daily gain (g/d per chicken)
1-28 d
28-56 d	^d	^c	^b	^a
1-56 d	^d	^c	^b	^a
Average daily feed intake (g/d per chicken)
1-28 d	^d	^c	^b	^a
28-56 d	^d	^c	^b	^a
1-56 d	^d	^c	^b	^a
Feed conversion ratio (g/g)
1-28 d
28-56 d
1-56 d

Within the same lines, values with different letters differed significantly (). The values were expressed as the (). NC: normal control group (basal diet). LDG: low-dose group (basal diet supplemented with 200 mg/kg GTPS). MDG: middle-dose group (basal diet supplemented with 400 mg/kg GTPS). HDG: high-dose group (basal diet supplemented with 800 mg/kg GTPS).