Table 8 Digestive enzyme activities in intestine of piglets as affected by dietary compound essential oil supplementation
Item | Con | CEO | SEM | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Digestive enzyme | ||||
Duodenum | ||||
Trypsin, U/mgprot | 46,816 | 54,215 | 3,699 | 0.006 |
Lipase, U/mgprot | 233.27 | 302.24 | 34.49 | 0.003 |
Amylase, U/mgprot | 490.90 | 533.24 | 21.17 | 0.018 |
Chymotrypsin, U/mgprot | 21.52 | 24.75 | 1.61 | 0.104 |
Jejunum | ||||
Trypsin, U/mgprot | 43,393 | 52,427 | 4,517 | < 0.001 |
Lipase, U/mgprot | 274.23 | 328.82 | 27.30 | 0.008 |
Amylase, U/mgprot | 523.48 | 533.43 | 4.98 | 0.520 |
Chymotrypsin, U/mgprot | 19.81 | 23.30 | 1.75 | 0.042 |