Moderately decreased maternal dietary energy intake during pregnancy reduces fetal skeletal muscle mitochondrial biogenesis in the pigs

Table 5 Malondialdehyde content and antioxidant enzyme activities in the fetal longissimus muscle of SE and LE sows

Item	SE	LE	SEM	P value
MDA (nmol/mg protein)	2.18	2.05	0.13	0.468
SOD (U/mg protein)	32.39	28.59	0.51	0.008
GPx (U/mg protein)	40.32	36.17	2.05	0.169
CAT (U/mg protein)	8.35	6.41	0.45	0.006

n = 16 for each group
SE maternal standard energy diet, LE maternal low energy diet, MDA malondialdehyde, SOD superoxide dismutase, GPx glutathione peroxidase, CAT catalase

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