Phytotherapy use for disease control in aquaculture: a review of the last 5 years

Dietary administration impact of olive pulp on growth performance, metabolic profile, immune status, and antioxidant potential of gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata L.)

“…Generally, in studies investigating the effects of dietary supplements on fish health status, immune responses are important issues to take into consideration. Thus, the modulation of the immune response, using plant products or extracts as a possible therapeutic measure has become the focus of extensive scientific investigation (Elumalai et al, 2020;Tadese et al, 2022;Ng et al, 2023). In our study, the IgM levels were reduced significantly in serum of fish after dietary administration of 50 diet at both sampling times regarding to the non-supplemented fish.…”

“…In addition to their important activity against a broad spectrum of fish pathogens, these natural products showed an important modulation potency of the innate and adaptive immune responses in fish as well as on the antioxidant defenses, attributed to their high contents of several active compounds such as alkaloids, terpenoids, tannins and saponins, among others (Mandujano-Tinoco et al, 2021;Sakai et al, 2021). Moreover, due to their potential health benefits, the efficacy of many natural antioxidants of plant origin, have been demonstrated in several fish species (Hoseinifar et al, 2020b;Tadese et al, 2022;Ng et al, 2023). Research revealed that more than 60 different medicinal-plant species can enhance immune responses and disease resistance of cultured fish and they can be used as a possible therapeutic measure and disease management in aquaculture (Elumalai et al, 2020;Tadese et al, 2022).…”