Table 6
Effects of capsicum oleoresin, carvacrol, cinnamaldehyde and their mixtures added to broilers’ mixed feed on the nutrient compositions of the breast and leg meat (x ± SEM)

Treatment Groups
ControlCAPCARCINCAP + CAR + CINP
Breast meatDry matter,%26.57 ± 0.2526.28 ± 0.2626.68 ± 0.1726.37 ± 0.2826.89 ± 0.260.424
Crude ash,%0.95 ± 0.101.20 ± 0.041.07 ± 0.071.15 ± 0.061.10 ± 0.070.097
Crude fat,%0.66 ± 0.09a0.26 ± 0.03b0.35 ± 0.04b0.73 ± 0.06a0.36 ± 0.08b0.000
Crude protein,%24.93 ± 0.26bc25.02 ± 0.25bc27.61 ± 1.00a23.95 ± 0.23c25.41 ± 0.32b0.000
Leg meatDry matter,%23.34 ± 0.27b24.26 ± 0.35b25.86 ± 0.61a23.93 ± 0.71b24.23 ± 0.45b0.009
Crude ash,%1.06 ± 0.060.93 ± 0.041.03 ± 0.041.04 ± 0.031.07 ± 0.050.140
Crude fat,%0.80 ± 0.06a0.48 ± 0.08bc0.65 ± 0.08ab0.55 ± 0.08b0.28 ± 0.05c0.000
Crude protein,%21.10 ± 0.25b20.41 ± 0.28b21.23 ± 0.44b21.41 ± 0.35b23.52 ± 0.76a0.001