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- Title
Effect of Cinnamomum zeylanicum Essential Oil on Antioxidative Status in Broiler Chickens.
- Authors
Faix, Štefan; Faixová, Zita; Plachá, Iveta; Koppel, Juraj
- Abstract
The experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of Cinnamomum zeylanicum essential oil on antioxidant status of chickens. Thirty-two female Ross 308 hybrid broilers were fed one of four diets supplemented with 0%, 0.1%, 0.05% and 0.025% of essential oil for 38 days. Blood, liver, kidney and duodenal epithelium were collected for the subsequent evaluation of antioxidant status. Feeding of adiet supplemented with 0.1% of essential oil significantly decreased the concentration of malondialdehyde (MDA) in plasma and duodenal mucosa in comparison with the control group (0%). The activities of glutathione peroxidase (GPx) were significantly higher in blood of chicks fed the diet containing 0.1% of essential oil. Diets containing 0.05% and 0.025% of essential oil reduced alanine amino transferase (ALT) activity in plasma in comparison with the control group. Blood phagocytic activity significantly increased in chickens fed the diet supplemented with 0.1% and the index of phygocytic activity was affected by the diet containing 0.025% of essential oil in comparison with the control group. The present investigation shows that Cinnamomum zeylanicum essential oil exhibits a significant antioxidant activity in fattening chickens and can be used as a source of antioxidant in dietary supplement.
- Subjects
ESSENTIAL oils; ANTIOXIDANTS; CHICKENS; MALONDIALDEHYDE; ALANINE aminotransferase
- Publication
Acta Veterinaria Brno, 2009, Vol 78, Issue 3, p411
- ISSN
0001-7213
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2754/avb200978030411