Effects of dietary administration of fenugreek seeds on metabolic parameters and immune status of gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata L.)

Bahi, Abir; Esteban Abad, María de los Ángeles; Guardiola Abellán, Francisco Antonio

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Effects of dietary administration of fenugreek seeds on metabolic parameters and immune status of gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata L.)

dc.contributor.author	Bahi, Abir
dc.contributor.author	Esteban Abad, María de los Ángeles
dc.contributor.author	Guardiola Abellán, Francisco Antonio
dc.contributor.department	Biología Celular e Histología
dc.date.accessioned	2024-02-06T12:23:07Z
dc.date.available	2024-02-06T12:23:07Z
dc.date.issued	2018
dc.description	©2018. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This document is the Accepted, version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Fish and Shellfish Immunology. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsi.2018.01.010
dc.description.abstract	Medical plants could be used as a prophylactic method in aquaculture because they are considered safe and so very promising alternatives to the use of chemicals. The aim of the present work was to examine the effects of dietary fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum) seeds administered for 8 weeks on the metabolic and immune status of gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata L.). Four experimental groups were designated: one receiving a basal diet (control) and three fed powdered fenugreek seeds incorporated in the fish feed at 1 %, 5 % and 10 %. At the end of the feeding trial, significant decreases in aspartate aminotransferase, creatine kinase, potassium and the albumin / globulin ratio were detected in the serum of fish fed 10% fenugreek compared with the values recorded in control fish. As regards the immune status, fish fed the supplemented diets had higher haemolytic complement and anti-protease activities than the control fish, the highest increase being observed in sera from fish fed the 5% diet. Interestingly, the results also revealed a significant enhancement of most of the cellular immune parameters studied, especially in fish fed the highest level of fenugreek (10 %). However, the bacteriostatic activity of serum against fish pathogenic and non-pathogenic bacteria was non-affected to any significant extent in fish fed the supplemented diets. Overall, the results suggest that the high level of dietary fenugreek tested in this work (10 %) did not negatively affect any of the metabolic parameters measured in serum but increased some of them. In addition, the inclusion of fenugreek seeds in the gilthead seabream diet at 5 % or 10 % improved the humoral and cellular immune activities, respectively. Further studies are needed to better understand the effects of this natural product, which may be suitable for use as a feed additive in fish aquaculture.	es
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dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsi.2018.01.010
dc.identifier.issn	1050-4648
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10201/138749
dc.language	eng	es
dc.relation	MINECO/FEDER (AGL2014-51839-C5-1-R) y Fundación Séneca de la Región de Murcia (19883/GERM/15).	es
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dc.rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional	*
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dc.subject	Trigonella	es
dc.subject	Dorada
dc.subject	8 semanas
dc.subject.other	CDU::6 - Ciencias aplicadas	es
dc.title	Effects of dietary administration of fenugreek seeds on metabolic parameters and immune status of gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata L.)	es
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