the campesterol was not detectable and the most represented
sterol was the stigmasterol.
About the productive performance of hens, the addition of
both the sprouts increased the deposition rate, whereas the
weight of eggs and yolk was not affected (Table 4). The consumption
of both sprouts slightly decreased the voluntary intake
of the solid diet, but when the sprouts were expressed in term
of dry matter the intake of all the groups was almost the same.
The hens supplemented with sprouts decreased the cholesterol
of plasma and eggs with respect to baseline and C group
(Table 5). On the contrary, the amount of phytosterols in the
yolk was low in all the groups and was not affected by the
sprouts.