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Table 4 Metals contents (mg/kg dry matter) in meat from chicken legs, fed with different diets

From: Effect of mineral-enriched diet and medicinal herbs on Fe, Mn, Zn, and Cu uptake in chicken

Metals/ Feeding diet

Feeding diet

code

Fe

Mn

Zn

Cu

  

Average

± Std

Average

± Std

Average

± Std

Average

± Std

Basal diet, minerals and 2% Lemon balm

Le

10.54

1.11

0.14

0.03

16.37

1.55

0.54

0.06

Basal diet, minerals and 2% Sage

Sa

15.62

1.73

0.33

0.05

15.32

2.02

0.62

0.07

Basal diet, minerals and 2% St. John's wort

Jo

12.49

1.22

0.17

0.03

16.09

1.57

0.33

0.03

Basal diet, minerals and 2% Small-flowered Willowherb

Wi

12.71

1.11

0.40

0.03

19.09

2.05

0.48

0.05

Basal diet and minerals

Min

12.85

1.11

0.36

0.03

11.00

1.51

0.33

0.03

Only basal diet (control)

B

6.94

0.58

0.15

0.02

9.00

1.11

0.25

0.02