Research Article

Dietary Epigallocatechin-3-Gallate (EGCG) Improves Nonspecific Immune Response of Chinese Rice Field Eel (Monopterus albus)

Table 5

Effect of EGCG supplementation on serum biochemical indices of Monopterus albus.

ParameterDietary treatmentsP value
ControlEGCG25EGCG50EGCG100EGCG200EGCG400ANOVALinearQuadratic

TG (mmol/L)0.68 ± 0.05a0.47 ± 0.02ab0.46 ± 0.02ab0.40 ± 0.02b0.36 ± 0.03b0.36 ± 0.01b<0.001<0.001<0.001
TC (mmol/L)4.62 ± 0.084.12 ± 0.144.38 ± 0.284.37 ± 0.224.38 ± 0.254.18 ± 0.060.540.370.66
ALT (U/L)3.43 ± 0.08a2.9 ± 0.28ab2.51 ± 0.13b3.65 ± 0.44ab2.86 ± 0.23ab2.16 ± 0.15b0.0030.010.02
AST (U/L)10.20 ± 0.41a4.95 ± 0.30d8.12 ± 0.52bc9.06 ± 0.59ab7.00 ± 0.55c4.15 ± 0.21d<0.001<0.001≤0.001

Note. Data are presented as means ± SEM (n = 6). TG = triacylglycerol; TC = total cholesterol; ALT = alanine aminotransferase; and AST = aspartate aminotransferase. Means in the same row sharing the same or no superscript letters are not significantly different. Means with different letters indicate significant differences in the treatments ().