Table 2. Antioxidant enzyme activity (units/g meat) of Korean native chickens during refrigerated storage

Enzyme Meat part Storage time (d) Yeonsan ogye Hyunin black Hoengseong yakdak Hwangbong SEM
Catalase Breast 0 72.04x 70.38x 73.77x 69.14x 0.45
5 51.59y 55.61y 49.68y 57.96y 0.84
10 41.40y 48.55y 49.01y 36.29y 1.37
Mean 55.01 58.18 57.49 54.46
SEM 6.98 4.98 6.31 7.47

Thigh 0 118.07x 133.07x 131.11x 125.70x 1.50
5 83.84y 101.06y 101.97y 115.73y 2.92
10 77.52y 81.97y 69.02y 50.97y 3.06
Mean 93.14 105.37 100.70 97.47
SEM 9.76 11.55 13.89 18.14
SOD Breast 0 148.00x 137.33x 124.00x 148.00x 2.55
5 101.33y 77.33y 80.00y 98.67y 2.78
10 68.57y 61.71y 73.14y 68.57y 1.05
Mean 105.97 92.13 92.38 105.08
SEM 17.85 17.85 12.34 17.93

Thigh 0 157.33x 146.67x 144.00x 172.00x 2.84
5 114.67y 104.00y 112.00y 112.00y 1.03
10 70.86y 68.57y 91.43y 98.29y 3.31
Mean 114.29b 106.41b 115.81b 127.43a
SEM 19.34 17.49 11.85 17.53
GSH-Px Breast 0 0.30x 0.32x 0.27x 0.37x 0.01
5 0.19y 0.19y 0.23x 0.21y 0.004
10 0.12y 0.13y 0.13y 0.11y 0.002
Mean 0.20 0.21 0.21 0.23
SEM 0.04 0.04 0.03 0.06

Thigh 0 0.62x 0.74x 0.54x 0.59x 0.02
5 0.39y 0.45y 0.23y 0.31y 0.02
10 0.13z 0.14z 0.12y 0.13z 0.003
Mean 0.38ab 0.45a 0.30b 0.34b
SEM 0.11 0.13 0.10 0.10