Performance of rabbits and oxidative stability of muscle tissues as affected by dietary supplementation with oregano essential oil

Archives of Animal Nutrition

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 209-218

  Botsoglou, N A ^a   Florou Paneri, P ^a   Christaki, E ^a   Giannenas, I ^a   Spais, A B ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alpha tocopherol; Essential oils; Lipid peroxidation; Longissimus dorsi; Origanum vulgare; Performance; Rabbits

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ESSENTIAL OIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; LIPID OXIDATION; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; OREGANO; RABBIT;

ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MEAT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OILS, VOLATILE; ORIGANUM; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RABBITS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; ORIGANUM; ORIGANUM VULGARE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 2542499721     PISSN: 1745039X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039420410001701404     Document Type: Article

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