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Medicinal herbs have been used in animal husbandry since ancient times and have recently gained significant attention in aquaculture (Das et al., 2018). Several scientific studies promote the usage of medicinal herbs in aquaculture (Bhuvaneswari & Balasundaram, 2006;Harikrishnan et al., 2011). Herbs had been known to benefit fish and shrimp in many ways such as anti-stress, appetite stimulation, immunostimulation, aphrodisiac, anti-pathogen properties and promotion of growth and survival (Chakraborty & Hancz, 2011;Citarasu, 2010). These benefits are attributed to the presence of various active compounds such as alkaloids, saponins,