Research Article
Chinese Herbal Medicines as Potential Agents for Alleviation of Heat Stress in Poultry
Table 2
Total phenolic content and antioxidant activity of CHM samples.
| | Herbal medicine | Total phenolic content (mg gallic acid equivalents, GAE)/g | TEAC (μmol of trolox equivalents, TE)/g | FRAP (µmol Fe2+/g) |
| | Bai Zhu (Atractylodes) | 5.78 | 53.4 | 28.96 | | Bai Shao (Paeonia) | 11.22 | 89.67 | 142.23 | | Chai Hu (Bupleurum) | 4.71 | 41.82 | 32.58 | | Bo He (Mentha) | 3.6 | 27.5 | 28.91 | | Bu Gu Zhi (Psoralea) | 17.4 | 91.67 | 232.98 | | Gan Cao (Glycyrrhiza) | 13.7 | 77.48 | 167.65 |
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Values are mean of three replicates.
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