Y.F. Nuningtyas, E. Widodo
The aim of this research was to evaluate the addition of sweet flag powder on antioxidant activity and cholesterol activity of quails egg. Sweet flag (Acorus calamus) powder was analyzed using the DPPH and cholesterol activity. One hundred sixty (160) quails were divided into 5 treatments in which each treatment had 4 replications with 8 quails per replications. Quails were fed the experimental diets, namely basal diet, 0,1%, 0,2%, 0,3%, and 0,4% of sweet flag powder. Eggs were collected daily in every treatment. The analyze of egg were conducted starting from days 45 of experiments. The data was analyzed using Completely Randomized Design (RAL). The different level was analyzed using Duncan's Multiple Range Test. The addition of sweet flag powder as feed additive has a significant effect on the antioxidant activity of quails egg. The addition of 0,4 % of sweet flag powder improves antioxidant activity of quails egg. The addition of 0.4 % of sweet flag powder decreased cholesterol of quails egg yolk. The conclusion of this research that the addition of sweet flag powder as a feed additive up to 0,4 % had an effect on the antioxidant activity of quail eggs and decreased cholesterol of quails egg yolk. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.
Faculty of Animal Science, University Brawijaya, Malang, 65145, Indonesia
