REVIEW article
Front. Vet. Sci.
Sec. Animal Nutrition and Metabolism
This article is part of the Research TopicNatural Compounds/Products and Livestock Productivity: Enhancing Antioxidant Levels, Gut Health, Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and Disease Control, Volume IIView all 10 articles
Hydroxytyrosol: Biological Activities and Potential Application in Livestock Production
Provisionally accepted
- 1BaiCheng Normal University, Baicheng, China
- 2Zhangzhou Health Vocational College, Zhangzhou, China
- 3Biogas Institute of Ministry of Agriculture, Chengdu, China
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Hydroxytyrosol (HT), is a polyphenol compound that is widely present in the leaves and fruits of olive in the form of esters, which is one of the natural antioxidants. In recent years, a large number of studies have found that HT has good activity in anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, lipids lowering and other physiological functions. The purpose of this article is to provide solutions for the development of new feed additives under the premise of a complete ban on the use of antibiotics. In this review, we concluded the reports on HT in recent years and summarized its source, synthesis, digestion, absorption and metabolism of HT, as well as its main physiological functions, application prospects in animal production. Therefore, HT can be used as a potential new feed additive so as to provide theoretical basis and guidance for the development and application of hydroxytyrosol in animal husbandry.
Keywords: hydroxytyrosol, Livestock, gut health, Oxidative Stress, Liver protection, feed additive
Received: 21 May 2025; Accepted: 07 Nov 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Gao, Liu, Pan, Li, Wang, Chen, Ma and Leng. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Yang Gao, 179692058@qq.com
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