“…The antioxidant activities of stevia were recognised with mammals and in vitro studies, but the results with chickens are not consistent (Geuns et al, 2003a(Geuns et al, , 2003b. Stevioside induced nephrotoxicity in chickens (Jahanbakhsh et al, 2015), did not bring differences in antioxidant capacity in liver of chicken embryo (Sadighara et al, 2017), and alleviate intestinal mucosal damage through anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activity in broiler chickens (Jiang et al, 2019). In rats, Awney (2011) observed high doses of stevioside induce lipid oxidation while low doses have an antioxidant effect.…”