Evaluation of the Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Potential of Fermented Achyranthes japonica Nakai Extract

2020

Poultry Science

The present study was investigated the effects of dietary Achyranthes japonica extract ( AJE ) supplementation on the growth performance, total tract digestibility, cecal microflora, excreta noxious gas emission, breast meat quality, and organ weight in broiler chickens. In total, 640 Ross × Ross male broiler chickens (1-day-old) were randomly distributed into 4 dietary treatments with 10 replicate cages (16 birds/replicate) per treatment group for 5 wk. The dietary treatments included a control basal diet without AJE, and diets with 0.025, 0.05, or 0.1% AJE. Body weight gain, feed intake, and feed conversion improved linearly with the supplementation of AJE over the experimental period (days 1 to 35) ( P < 0.05). Dietary AJE supplementation caused a significant increase in the apparent total tract digestibility of dry matter and nitrogen (linear, P < 0.05). The cecal Lactobacillus , E. coli , and Salmonella counts were linearly affected with increasing dietary AJE supplementation ( P < 0.05). With increasing levels of AJE, excreta ammonia gas concentration showed a linear decrease ( P < 0.05). The breast muscle weight linearly increased, along with a decrease in the abdominal fat weight, in treatment groups fed with AJE ( P < 0.05). These results indicate that dietary addition with increasing AJE linearly improved growth performance, total tract digestibility, cecal microflora, excreta ammonia gas emission, and abdominal fat weight in broiler chickens.

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Effects of dietary Achyranthes japonica extract supplementation on the growth performance, total tract digestibility, cecal microflora, excreta noxious gas emission, and meat quality of broiler chickens

Park

2020

Poultry Science

“…It is officially listed in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia and used as a tonic. The root of A. bidentata contains various bioactive components, including alkaloids, saponin, steroid, triterpenoids, phytoecdysteroid, 20-hydroxyecdysone, and inokosterone ( Zhang and Lin, 2012 ; Liu et al., 2018 ; Al-Mijan et al., 2018 ). The A. bidentata polysaccharides ( ABP ), gray white powder, are extracted from the root of Chinese medicinal herb A. bidentata .…”

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

2020

Poultry Science

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.

“…Therefore, the excreta ammonia emission decreased in broiler chicks fed a diet supplemented with 0.015 or 0.030 % AJN root extract was associated with the apparent total tract digestibility of nitrogen in the current study.High breast yield along with low abdominal fat is the goal of broiler industry(Santoso et al 2015).In the present study, the relative weight of breast muscle and abdominal fat were not affected by AJN root extract supplementation. Ecdysterone has anabolic effects on animals(Gorelick-Feldman et al 2010) and has been identified in the extract of AJN root(Al-Mijan et al 2018) Gorelick-Feldman et al (2008). andParr et al (2014) mentioned that phytoecdysteroids increased protein synthesis in skeletal muscle cells of mice in a dose-dependent manner.…”

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Achyranthes Japonica Nakai root extract supplementation improves apparent nutrient digestibility, caecum microbiota, and excreta gas emission in broiler chicks

Dang

Yun²,

2022

Can. J. Anim. Sci.

This study investigated the effects of supplementing Achyranthes Japonica Nakai (AJN) root extract to the diet of broiler chicks on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, caecum microbiota, excreta gas emission, and relative weight of organs. A total of 270 1-day-old Ross 308 broiler chicks (42.11 ± 0.18 g) were randomly allotted into 3 dietary treatments according to the initial body weight. Each treatment had 5 replicate cages with 18 birds per cage. The experimental period was 35 days (starter, days 1-7; grower, days 8-21; finisher, days 22-35). Dietary treatments were corn-soybean meal-based basal diet supplemented with 0.000, 0.015, or 0.030 % AJN root extract. The apparent total tract digestibility of nitrogen (P = 0.025) increased linearly with the increase of the dosage of AJN root extract, while the counts of E. coli in caecum (P = 0.038) and excreta ammonia emission (P = 0.003) decreased linearly. However, the growth performance (P > 0.05) and the relative weight of organs (P > 0.05) did not differ among the dietary groups. In conclusion, AJN root extract could increase the nutrient digestibility and reduce the noxious gas emission by reducing the caecum harmful microbiota in a dose-dependent manner.