Table 1- Composition and calculated analyses of the experimental diets
Plant materials:Purslanewas cultured in the herbal station of Ramin Agricultural and
Natural Resources University and harvested during their flowering period. The parts of the
plant suitable for consumption, which consisted of the soft upper stems of the plant and
leaves, were used.Chemical composition of purslane samples (n=3) were determined by the
AOAC (2000) methods and fatty acid profile determinedby Gas Chromatography (GC,Unicam
4600) and was shown in Table 2.Purslanesamples was dried in the Shevin vegetable dryer
CO.
Samples Collection:
vein. Blood was centrifuged at 1,500 × g for 10 min. Serum was harvested and stored at
from the wing vein (8 birds) into heparinized tubes. Blood was centrifuged at 1,500 × g for
cholesterol (TC) and HDL cholesterol (HDL-c) were analyzed by Pars-Azmoon commercial kits
-cholesterol was
calculated by the following formula: LDL-c= TC-(HDL-c+TG/5).