Some medicinal plants as immunostimulant for fish

Dügenci S., ARDA N., CANDAN A.

JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY, cilt.88, sa.1, ss.99-106, 2003 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 88 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2003
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/s0378-8741(03)00182-x
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.99-106
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: rainbow trout, immunostimulation, Zingiber officinale (ginger), Urtica dioica (nettle), Viscum album (mistletoe), SALMO-SALAR L, RAINBOW-TROUT, ONCORHYNCHUS-MYKISS, ATLANTIC SALMON, DEFENSE-MECHANISMS, LAMINARAN BETA(1,3)-D-GLUCAN, RESISTANCE FACTORS, RESPIRATORY BURST, PHAGOCYTIC-CELLS, CHANNEL CATFISH
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Immunostimulant effects of the dietary intake of various medicinal plant extracts on fish, rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), were investigated. For this purpose fish were fed with diets containing aqueous extracts of mistletoe (Viscum album), nettle (Urtica dioica), and ginger (Zingiber officinale). Food containing lyophilized extracts of these plants as 0.1 and 1% was used at a rate of 2% of body weight per day for three weeks. At the end of the experimental period, various parameters of non-specific defence mechanisms, including extracellular and intracellular respiratory burst activities, phagocytosis in blood leukocytes and total plasma protein level were examined. Specific growth rates (SGRs) and condition factors (CFs) of the fish were also measured.