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Table 3 The antioxidant effects of polyphenols on swine

From: Accurate models and nutritional strategies for specific oxidative stress factors: Does the dose matter in swine production?

Polyphenols

Dosages and duration

Swine models

Antioxidant effects

References

Daidzein

50 mg/kg

72 d

Weaned piglets

23-day-old

7.35 ± 0.14 kg BW

Plasma:

D 14: MDA (2.52 → 2.31 mmol/L) ↓

D 42: SOD (18.19 → 20.54 U/mL) ↑

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640 mg/kg

64 d

Finishing pigs

Average 57 kg BW

Liver (U/mg protein):

CAT (79.5 → 96.3) ↑, SOD (285 → 358) ↑

longissimus muscle (U/mg protein):

T-AOC (0.036 → 0.063) ↑, SOD (14.71 → 17.56) ↑

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40 mg/kg

G75 to L21

Sows

Colostrum (U/mL):

SOD (119.2 ± 4.14 → 154.8 ± 8.99) ↑

CAT (2.4 ± 0.58 → 18.73 ± 1.1) ↑

GPx (155.3 ± 9.76 → 201.4 ± 18.73) ↑

T-AOC (2.15 ± 0.15 → 2.72 ± 0.12) ↑

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200 mg/kg

G1 to G114

Sows (3 to 5 parity,

226.18 ± 1.09 kg BW on G35

239.64 ± 0.83 kg BW on G85)

Serum (U/mL):

G35: GPx (1,169.9 → 1,486.8) ↑

SOD (94.39 → 99.92) ↑; CAT (12.21 → 14.5) ↑

T-AOC (6.03 → 7.12) ↑

G85: SOD (62.28 → 69.58) ↑, T-AOC (5.53 → 7.7) ↑

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Resveratrol

90 mg/kg

21 d

Diquat-challenged weaned piglets

28-day-old

7.25 ± 0.13 kg BW

Jejunal mucosa (U/mg protein):

CAT (5.56 → 6.68) ↑, SOD (50.33 → 74.48) ↑

GPx (46.25 → 59.64) ↑

MDA (0.96 → 0.5 nmol/g protein) ↓

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100 mg/kg

14 d

Diquat-challenged weaned piglets

35-day-old

9.35 ± 0.26 kg BW

Jejunum:

T-AOC (0.18 → 0.33 U/mg protein) ↑

H2O2 (20.43 → 15.61 mmol/g protein) ↓

MDA (1.05 → 0.59 nmol/mg protein) ↓

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300 mg/kg

28 d

DON-challenged weaned piglets

21-day-old

6.97 ± 0.1 BW

Serum: GSH (2.8 → 3.38 mg/L) ↑

T-AOC (1.56 → 2.01 mg/L) ↑

MDA (3.31 → 2.58 nmol/mL) ↓

Ileum (μmol/g protein):

SOD (39.57 → 50.77) ↑, T-AOC (0.31 → 0.44) ↑, MDA (1 → 0.68) ↓

Jejunum (μmol/g protein):

GSH (10.02 → 11.17) ↑, SOD (49.95 → 57.76) ↑

T-AOC (0.29 → 0.37) ↑

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Oxidized soybean oil challenged piglets

Average 34.43-day-old

10.19 ± 0.1 kg BW

Plasma H2O2 (82.99 → 70.11 mmol/L) ↓

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300 mg/kg

G75 to L21

Sows at high temperatures

(average parity 3)

Plasma:

L14: T-AOC (0.1 → 0.15 mmol/L) ↑

MDA (2.1 → 1.6 nmol/mL) ↓

Colostrum: MDA (3.8 → 2 nmol/mL) ↓

[22]

300 mg/kg

G20 to L21

Sows

(average parity 4.4)

Plasma:

G110: CAT (12 → 14 U/mL) ↑, GPx (2,200 → 2,800 U/mL) ↑

MDA (2.5 → 1.5 nmol/mL) ↓, H2O2 (50 → 38 mmol/L) ↓

L14: SOD (80 → 120 U/mL) ↑; CAT (2.5 → 4 U/mL) ↑

MDA (1.6 → 1.2 nmol/mL) ↓, H2O2 (18 → 15 mmol/L) ↓

L21: SOD (80 → 120 U/mL) ↑; MDA (1.7 → 1.4 nmol/mL) ↓

Placenta (U/mg protein):

CAT (28 → 40) ↑, SOD (28 → 48) ↑, GPx (75 → 90) ↑, MDA (5.8 → 3) ↓, H2O2 (18 → 15 mmol/g protein) ↓

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Pterostilbene

300 mg/kg

15 d

DON-challenged weaned piglets

21-day-old

6.57 ± 0.32 kg BW

Liver:

MnSOD (25.5 ± 4.96 → 53.75 ± 5.39 U/mg protein) ↑

GSH (63.11 ± 6.95 → 88.78 ± 6.34 nmol/100 mg wet weight) ↑

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300 mg/kg

14 d

IUGR piglets

21-day-old

4.91 ± 0.06 kg BW

Jejunum: SOD (60 → 90 U/mg protein) ↑

GSH (1.8 → 2.8 μmol/100 mg wet weight) ↑

T-GSH (3 → 4 μmol/100 mg wet weight) ↑

MDA (0.6 → 0.45 nmol/mg protein) ↓

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Curcumin

400 mg/kg

24 d

IUGR piglets

26-day-old

Serum: T-AOC (1.03 ± 0.37 → 1.89 ± 0.57 U/mL) ↑

CAT (1.77 ± 0.43 → 3.59 ± 1.27 U/mL) ↑

GPx (355.29 ± 50.57 → 376.87 ± 25.39 U/mL) ↑

GR (21.47 ± 1.38 → 30.14 ± 1.24 U/L) ↑

Liver: T-AOC (0.88 ± 0.14 → 1.21 ± 0.22 U/mg protein) ↑

GPx (36.23 ± 2.04 → 58.30 ± 5.17 U/mg protein) ↑

GR (16.11 ± 1.22 → 18.94 ± 3.36 U/g protein) ↑

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200 mg/kg

89 d

IUGR piglets

26-day-old

5.76–6.05 kg BW

Jejunum:

SOD (15.82 ± 3.04 → 28.65 ± 4.83 U/mg protein) ↑

MDA (2.01 ± 0.15 → 1.23 ± 0.13 nmol/mg protein) ↓

Leg muscle (U/mg protein):

SOD (16.69 ± 0.23 → 17.83 ± 0.28) ↑

GPx (13.65 ± 0.53 → 15.50 ± 0.82) ↑

CAT (14.18 ± 0.32 → 18.21 ± 0.97) ↑

MDA (4.65 ± 0.32 → 3.42 ± 0.19 nmol/mg protein) ↓

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Polyphenols

Dosages and duration

Swine models

Antioxidant effects

References

Curcumin

200 mg/kg

169 d

IUGR piglets

26-day-old

longissimus dorsi muscle

GSH (27.99 ± 2.21 → 40.43 ± 1.80) ↑

CAT (10.56 ± 0.58 → 12.59 ± 0.83) ↑

T-AOC (0.32 ± 0.04 → 1.22 ± 0.38) ↑

MDA (2.57 ± 0.17 → 1.08 ± 0.08 nmol/mg protein) ↓

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Eucommia ulmoides flavones

100 mg/kg

21-d feeding

DON-challenged weaned piglets

21-day-old

6.50 ± 0.29 kg BW

Serum (U/mL):

D 14: SOD (73.51 ± 6.31 → 94.87 ± 3.37) ↑

GPx (335.21 ± 4.14 → 360.85 ± 2.49) ↑

CAT (5.73 ± 0.38 → 6.97 ± 0.38) ↑

T-AOC (0.54 ± 0.01 → 1.14 ± 0.1) ↑

D 21: GPx (314.49 ± 5.68 → 334.15 ± 4.41) ↑

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100 mg/kg

14-d feeding

Jejunum:

SOD (7.678 ± 2.068 → 13.263 ± 1.67 U/mg protein) ↑

MDA (1.698 ± 0.164 → 3.356 ± 0.546 nmol/mg protein) ↓

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  1. BW Body weight, SOD Superoxide dismutase, Gpx Glutathione peroxidase, CAT Catalase, T-AOC Total antioxidant capacity, MDA Malondialdehyde, H2O2 Hydrogen peroxide, GSH Glutathione, GR Glutathione reductase