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Table 8 The levels of the gene expression of antioxidant enzymes in spleen, liver and pancreas of weaned pigs fed diets with different levels of PEOa

From: Effects of plant essential oil supplementation on growth performance, immune function and antioxidant activities in weaned pigs

Itemsb

CON

PEO50

PEO100

PEO200

P

Linear

Quadratic

Spleen

 GR

1.00 ± 0.18

0.79 ± 0.11

0.81 ± 0.04

1.12 ± 0.16

0.746

0.250

 GST

1.00 ± 0.20

1.11 ± 0.25

1.12 ± 0.43

2.92 ± 0.42

0.012

0.007

 GPX1

1.00 ± 0.21

0.81 ± 0.07

0.75 ± 0.07

1.42 ± 0.14

0.236

0.029

 CAT

1.00 ± 0.15

0.63 ± 0.22

0.86 + 0.11

1.23 ± 0.07

0.366

0.051

 SOD1

1.00 ± 0.18

0.76 ± 0.08

0.80 ± 0.08

1.31 ± 0.08

0.287

0.029

 Nrf2

1.00 ± 0.21

0.94 ± 0.11

0.94 ± 0.07

1.13 ± 0.12

0.565

0.600

 Keap1

1.00 ± 0.13

1.00 ± 0.07

1.04 ± 0.14

1.31 ± 0.07

0.085

0.129

Liver

 GR

1.00 ± 0.10

1.08 ± 0.27

1.18 ± 0.23

0.90 ± 0.15

0.867

0.602

 GST

1.00 ± 0.22

0.71 ± 0.03

0.75 ± 0.18

1.16 ± 0.37

0.314

0.049

 GPX1

1.00 ± 0.35

0.76 ± 0.30

0.94 ± 0.36

1.50 ± 0.43

0.421

0.456

 CAT

1.00 ± 0.10

0.84 ± 0.19

0.81 ± 0.05

1.28 ± 0.14

0.373

0.114

 SOD1

1.00 ± 0.13

1.16 ± 0.33

1.01 ± 0.15

1.08 ± 0.09

0.865

0.956

 Nrf2

1.00 ± 0.07

1.07 ± 0.22

0.75 ± 0.27

0.16 ± 0.02

0.023

0.029

 Keap1

1.00 ± 0.14

0.86 ± 0.17

0.93 ± 0.11

0.80 ± 0.11

0.354

0.658

Pancreas

 GR

1.00 ± 0.07

1.09 ± 0.22

1.15 ± 0.11

1.43 ± 0.39

0.342

0.628

 GST

1.00 ± 0.31

0.94 ± 0.23

0.93 ± 0.24

1.06 ± 0.23

0.935

0.957

 GPX1

1.00 ± 0.25

0.88 ± 0.04

1.34 ± 0.22

1.19 ± 0.27

0.402

0.714

 CAT

1.00 ± 0.19

1.11 ± 0.23

1.07 ± 0.18

0.77 ± 0.13

0.502

0.569

 SOD1

1.00 ± 0.10

0.66 ± 0.09

0.85 ± 0.16

1.03 ± 0.13

0.842

0.316

 Nrf2

1.00 ± 0.12

0.91 ± 0.16

0.96 ± 0.14

0.95 ± 0.19

0.858

0.975

 Keap1

1.00 ± 0.21

0.96 ± 0.08

1.24 ± 0.18

1.23 ± 0.16

0.326

0.629

  1. Treatments: CON means basal diet; PEO50 means basal diet with 50 ppm PEO; PEO100 means basal diet with 100 ppm PEO; PEO200 means basal diet with 200 ppm PEO
  2. aValues are means ± S.E, n = 6
  3. bSOD1, superoxide dismutase 1; CAT, catalase; GPX1,glutathione peroxidase 1; GST, glutathione transferase; GR, glutathione reductase; Nrf2, nuclear factor E2-related factor 2; Keap-1, Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1