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Dietary dehydrated lemon peel improves the immune but not the antioxidant status of gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata L.)
- Source :
- Fishshellfish immunology. 64
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Lemon (Citrus limon) is the third most important species of citrus in the world, while Spain is the major producer in Europe. Numerous beneficial effects of lemon are known, which explains their use in traditional medicine. The paper describes the effect of dietary dehydrated lemon peel (a sub-product of the lemon industry) on the growth, immune and antioxidant status of gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata L.) over a period of 30 days. Fish fed diets enriched with dehydrated lemon peel (1.5% and 3%) for 15 days showed improved growth and both humoral (seric immunoglobulin M) and cellular (peroxidase activity and phagocytic ability of head kidney leucocytes) immunity, as well as the expression of some immune-related genes (nkefa, il1β, igth and csfr1). However, decreases growth promotion was observed after thirty days of trial. Neither the anti-oxidant enzymes activity nor the expression of several anti-oxidants and anti-stress genes in liver was improved by the diet. The possible inclusion of dehydrated lemon peel in fish diets for its immunostimulant effects is discussed.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
Gilthead Seabream
Citrus
Antioxidant
medicine.drug_class
medicine.medical_treatment
Aquatic Science
Biology
Immunostimulant
Antioxidants
03 medical and health sciences
Random Allocation
Immune system
Immunity
medicine
Environmental Chemistry
Animals
Food science
Desiccation
Beneficial effects
Lemon peel
04 agricultural and veterinary sciences
General Medicine
Animal Feed
Immunity, Innate
Sea Bream
Diet
030104 developmental biology
Biochemistry
Fruit
Dietary Supplements
040102 fisheries
biology.protein
0401 agriculture, forestry, and fisheries
Peroxidase
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10959947
- Volume :
- 64
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Fishshellfish immunology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....28d03eda9516659941e91eadeca90590