Effects of Lactic Acid and Glyceryl Lactate on Growth Performance, Antioxidant Capacity, and Intestinal Health of Piglets.

Shuaiju Guo, Huiling Chu, Bangwang Peng, Junlong Niu, Xiaopeng Yang, Yongpeng Guo, Zhixiang Wang, Wei Zhang

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Article in Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Therapeutic Agents Targeting the Nrf2 Signaling Pathway to Combat Oxidative Stress and Intestinal Inflammation in Veterinary and Translational Medicine.Veterinary sciences · 2025
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Effects of Dietary Potassium Diformate Supplementation on Growth Performance, Nutrient Digestibility, Gastrointestinal pH, Jejunal Morphology, Digestive Enzyme Activity, and Antioxidant Status in Weaned Piglets.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025
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Shuaiju GuoCollege of Animal Science and Technology, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China.

Huiling ChuCollege of Food and Information Engineering, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou 450000, China.

Bangwang PengCollege of Animal Science and Technology, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China.

Junlong NiuCollege of Animal Science and Technology, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China.

Xiaopeng YangCollege of Animal Science and Technology, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China.

Yongpeng GuoCollege of Animal Science and Technology, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China.

Zhixiang WangCollege of Animal Science and Technology, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China.

Wei ZhangCollege of Animal Science and Technology, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3851-3509

Funding

Postgraduate Education Reform and Quality Improvement Project of Henan Province 24JX0098

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of lactic acid and glyceryl lactate on growth performance, antioxidant capacity, and intestinal health in piglets. This study included 240 castrated male piglets (initial body weight: 7.50 ± 0.54 kg) assigned to four groups: CON (basal diet), LA (basal diet + 0.5% lactic acid), GL (basal diet + 0.5% glyceryl lactate), and LG (basal diet + 0.5% lactic acid + 0.5% glyceryl lactate). Each group had six replicates of 10 piglets. The trial lasted 28 days. Compared with the control group, the GL and LG groups showed enhanced growth performance and reduced diarrhea rate in piglets. The LA and LG groups showed decreased intestinal chyme pH and increased digestive enzyme activities. Moreover, the GL and LG groups displayed elevated jejunal mRNA levels of the tight junction protein

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antioxidant capacityglyceryl lactategrowth performanceintestinal healthlactic acidSCFAs

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PMID40298648

DOI10.3390/antiox14040391

PMCPMC12023924

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