EFFECTS OF INDIAN HERBS ON THE MODULATION OF STRESS AND IMMUNE RESPONSE IN TILAPIA
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Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, Biology, United States
Consumers are now able to understand the negative effects of chemicals and are shifting to natural products. Natural products such as plant products are now being used to reduce stress, promote growth, and increase immune response in fish and shellfish. Some of these products are alkaloids, flavonoids, pigments, phenolics, terpenoids, steroids, and essential oils. In this experiment, we wanted to examine few Indian herbs such as, turmeric, garlic, and chili in-vivo to modulate stress and immune response in fish, tilapia.
Fish were fed with these herbs as additives and treated in two different conditions: controlled and stressed. In the stressed group the fish were crowded in tanks so that their optimal density for space is exceeded. Different physiological and biochemical parameters such as, condition factor, blood glucose, spleen somatic index (SSI), plasma protein, packed cell volume (PCV) and macrophage respiratory burst activity were measured. The data indicate that these herbs have positive effects on the reduction of stress. These neutraceuticals can be used in aquaculture industry to reduce stress related complexities such as, low growth rate, disease susceptibility, and high mortality.
Keywords:
Capsaicin,
Garlic,
immune response,
Nutraceuticals,
stress,
stress response,
Tilapia,
turmeric
Conference:
NASCE 2011: The inaugural meeting of the North American Society for Comparative Endocrinology, Ann Arbor, United States, 13 Jul - 16 Jul, 2011.
Presentation Type:
Poster
Topic:
Abstracts
Citation:
Mustafa
A,
Byerley
B and
McCain
P
(2011). EFFECTS OF INDIAN HERBS ON THE MODULATION OF STRESS AND IMMUNE RESPONSE IN TILAPIA.
Front. Endocrinol.
Conference Abstract:
NASCE 2011: The inaugural meeting of the North American Society for Comparative Endocrinology.
doi: 10.3389/conf.fendo.2011.04.00088
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Received:
22 Jul 2011;
Published Online:
09 Aug 2011.
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Correspondence:
Dr. Ahmed Mustafa, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, Biology, Fort Wayne, IN, 46805, United States, mustafaa@ipfw.edu