Effects of Achyranthes bidentata polysaccharides on performance, immunity, antioxidant capacity, and meat quality in Pekin ducks

Abstract

This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of Achyranthes bidentata polysaccharide ( ABP ) on growth performance, antioxidant capacity, immune function, relative organ weight, ileal microflora, and meat quality in Pekin ducks. A total of 1,200 female 1-day-old Pekin ducklings (51.2 ± 0.2 g) were blocked based on body weight ( BW ) and randomly allocated into 3 treatments with 10 replicates of 40 birds each. The experiment lasted for 6 wk, and dietary treatments included corn–soybean meal–based diet supplemented with 0, 0.02, and 0.04% ABP. The supplementation of ABP increased ( P < 0.05) body weight gain ( BWG ) and final BW linearly during day 22 to 42 and day 1 to 42, respectively, but decreased ( P < 0.05) feed-to-gain ratio ( F/G ) linearly during day 22 to 42 and day 1 to 42. The inclusion of ABP increased ( P < 0.05) serum superoxide dismutase, glutathione peroxidase, total antioxidative capacity, catalase, complement3, complement4, immunoglobin A, immunoglobin G, interleukin-2, interferon-γ, and tumor necrosis factor-α linearly. The relative weight of breast meat was increased ( P < 0.05) linearly, but the relative weight of abdominal fat was decreased ( P < 0.05) linearly with the increasing dietary ABP supplementation. The supplementation of ABP increased ( P < 0.05) ileal Lactobacilli counts linearly, whereas decreased ( P < 0.05) Escherichia coli counts linearly. Taken together, the inclusion of ABP promoted BWG and final BW during day 22 to 42 and the entire experiment, decreased F/G during day 22 to 42 and day 1 to 42, and partially improved antioxidant activities, immunity, and gut microflora in Pekin ducks.

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Achyranthes bidentata Polysaccharide Activates Nuclear Factor-Kappa B and Promotes Cytokine Production in J774A.1 Cells Through TLR4/MyD88 Signaling Pathway

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“…The polysaccharide (ABPS) is extracted from A. bidentata. Pharmacological studies have demonstrated that ABPS has multiple functions, such as antiosteoporosis, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antiallergic, and immunomodulatory (Yan et al, 2019;Ao and Kim, 2020). However, the mechanism of the immunomodulatory activity of ABPS is unclear.…”