Table 6. Effects of two plant extracts on total phenolic contents (µg/g), DPPH (%) and ABTS (%) radical scavenging activity of broiler meat

Item Dietary treatments (n = 10) SEM p-value
Control T1 T2 T3
Total phenols (ppm) 71.07b 77.33ab 78.03a 73.75ab 2.45 0.041
DPPH radical scavenging activity (%) 33.37b 34.80b 43.90a 35.59b 1.15 0.031
ABTS radical scavenging activity (%) 55.47 53.73 58.33 53.86 1.50 0.135
n, number of birds.
Within the same row, mean values with different superscripts are significantly different (p< 0.05).
DPPH, 1-1-diphenyl 2 picrylhydrazyl; ABTS, 2,2-azinobis-3 ethytlbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid.