This study aimed to evaluate the effects of vitamin E (VE), ferulic acid (FA) and their combination supplementation on meat quality and antioxidant capacities of finishing pigs. Sixty barrows were randomly allocated to four experimental diets using a 2×2factorial arrangement with 2 VE supplemental levels (0 or 400 mg/kg) and 2 FA supplemental levels (0 or 100 mg/kg) in basal diets.After 28 days, six pigs per treatment were slaughtered. The results showed that VE supplementation increased loin eye area of pigs(p<0.05) and FA supplementation increased pHvalue (p<0.05). The interaction of FA×VE was observed in shear force oflongissimus dorsi muscle (p<0.05). Moreover, supplementation with VE decreased hepatic and sarcous malondialdehyde (MDA)content, increased hepatic glutathione (GSH) content and sarcous glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) activity (p<0.05). Additionally,supplementation with FA increased hepatic GSH-Px activity and decreased sarcous MDA content (p<0.05). However, dietary treatmentdid not affect the expression of genes related to nuclear factor, erythroid 2-like 2 (NFE2L2) pathway. These results suggest that dietaryFA and VE could partially improve meat quality and antioxidant capacity of finishing pigs, but not by activating NFE2L2 pathway underthe normal conditions of farming. (Key Words: Ferulic Acid, Vitamin E, Meat Quality, Antioxidant Capacity, Nuclear Factor Erythroid2-like 2-Antioxidant Response Element
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