Growth Performance, Serum Biochemical Profile, Oxidative Status, and Fertility Traits in Male Japanese Quail Fed on Ginger (Zingiber officinale, Roscoe) Essential Oil
Table 4
Effects of graded levels of ginger essential oil on serum biochemical and testes oxidative stress characteristics
Parameters
Essential oil doses (μl/kg body weight)
Control
50
100
150
value
Serum metabolites
Serum proteins (g/dl)
2.06 ± 0.04
2.38 ± 0.19
2.66 ± 0.19
2.70 ± 0.35
0.00
Globulins (g/dl)
0.16 ± 0.05
0.31 ± 0.06
0.49 ± 0.07
0.48 ± 0.16
0.00
AST (U/L)
168.00 ± 20.24
146.24 ± 15.11
163.24 ± 11.29
137.49 ± 16.88
0.00
ALT (U/L)
57.50 ± 10.49
42.85 ± 3.46
40.00 ± 10.14
33.43 ± 6.07
0.00
Total cholesterol (mg/dl)
127.27 ± 7.98
118.09 ± 5.41
110.06 ± 5.83
100.27 ± 1.98
0.00
Triglycerides (mg/dl)
73.46 ± 10.39
57.18 ± 4.43
56.91 ± 6.49
56.07 ± 6.16
0.00
Testes oxidative stress (gram of tissue)
MDA
97.79 ± 9.60
82.20 ± 9.93
52.49 ± 8.39
50.57 ± 17.83
0.00
SOD
2.92 ± 0.48
3.47 ± 0.33
3.44 ± 0.55
4.08 ± 0.23
0.00
GSH
183.73 ± 35.15
201.47 ± 17.74
265.07 ± 48.25
274.02 ± 54.16
0.00
CAT
2.82 ± 0.31
3.36 ± 0.73
3.78 ± 0.63
3.60 ± 0.89
0.04
On the same line, means with the same letter were not significantly different ; = number ofquails; MDA = malondialdehyde; GSH = reduced glutathione; CAT = catalase; SOD = superoxide dismutase; AST = aspartate aminotransferase; ALT = alanine aminotransferase; values are presented as means ± standard deviation.