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)

26.57 ± 0.25

26.28 ± 0.26

26.68 ± 0.17

26.37 ± 0.28

26.89 ± 0.26

0.424

0.95 ± 0.10

1.20 ± 0.04

1.07 ± 0.07

1.15 ± 0.06

1.10 ± 0.07

0.097

0.66 ± 0.09^a

0.26 ± 0.03^b

0.35 ± 0.04^b

0.73 ± 0.06^a

0.36 ± 0.08^b

0.000

24.93 ± 0.26^bc

25.02 ± 0.25^bc

27.61 ± 1.00^a

23.95 ± 0.23^c

25.41 ± 0.32^b

0.000

23.34 ± 0.27^b

24.26 ± 0.35^b

25.86 ± 0.61^a

23.93 ± 0.71^b

24.23 ± 0.45^b

0.009

1.06 ± 0.06

0.93 ± 0.04

1.03 ± 0.04

1.04 ± 0.03

1.07 ± 0.05

0.140

0.80 ± 0.06^a

0.48 ± 0.08^bc

0.65 ± 0.08^ab

0.55 ± 0.08^b

0.28 ± 0.05^c

0.000

21.10 ± 0.25^b

20.41 ± 0.28^b

21.23 ± 0.44^b

21.41 ± 0.35^b

23.52 ± 0.76^a

0.001