Feeding large quantities of vegetable oils in pig intensive farming makes animas prone to oxidative stress. Sweet Chestnut wood extract has already been used in animal nutrition for treatment of diahrea. Because the extract vas proven to have high in vitro antioxidant potency, we decided to test it’s in vivo antioxidant potential. The study showed that the extract effectively protects against DNA damage in blood lymphocytes and prevents lipid peroxidation in pigs fed linseed oil. The results suggest that Sweet Chestnut wood extract could be used as an antioxidant in pig nutrition.
COBISS.SI-ID: 2827144
The objective of our study was to determine the antioxidative potential of a plant extract (PE) mixture composed of carvacrol, capsicum oleoresin and cinnamaldehyde against high n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA)-induced oxidative stress in young pigs. The results show that PE and Vit E supplemented to pigs in concentrations of 271.2 mg/kg and 90.4 mg/kg, respectively, can effectively protect pig’s blood lymphocytes against oxidative DNA damage, thus suggesting their potentially beneficial effects on the immune system under dietary-induced oxidative stress.
COBISS.SI-ID: 2543240