The effects of lemon verbena (&lt;i&gt;Lippia citriodora&lt;/i&gt;) verbascoside
on the productive performance, plasma oxidative status,
and some blood metabolites in suckling lambs

Casamassima, D.; Palazzo, M.; D’Alessandro, Angela Gabriella; Colella, G. E.; Vizzarri, Francesco; Corino, C.

doi:10.22358/jafs/65989/2013

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“…With senescence, oxidative damages caused to macromolecules (lipids, DNA and proteins) increase compared to mature adults, which leads to the loss of cellular functions [1]. This phenomenon has been shown in old adults for several species (human: [19], rabbit: [20], hare: [21], sheep: [22]). Results of trial A show that the concentration of oxidative products increases continuously with age in young pigs.…”

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Effects of age and weaning conditions on blood indicators of oxidative status in pigs

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Weaning is a source of social, nutritional and environmental disorders that challenge piglet health. This study assesses the relevance of using plasma indicators of oxidative status as biomarkers of health around weaning in pigs. Blood antioxidant potential (BAP), hydroperoxides (HPO), oxidative stress index (OSI, e.g. HPO/BAP), vitamin A and E concentrations were investigated in two different trials. Trial A was carried out in an experimental unit to investigate the effects of age (from 12 to 147 days of age), weaning (at 21 or 28 days of age) and management at weaning (in optimal (OC) or deteriorated (DC) conditions) on those parameters. Trial B was performed in 16 commercial pig farms to describe the variability of these indicators on field between 26 and 75 days of age. In trial A, between 12 and 147 days of age, HPO globally increased (P < 0.001), vitamin E concentration decreased (P < 0.001) whereas BAP and vitamin A concentration remained relatively stable (P > 0.1). Vitamins E and A concentrations dropped 5 days after weaning independently of weaning age, weaning conditions and expression of diarrhea (P < 0.001). Twelve days after weaning, whatever the weaning age, HPO and OSI increased in DC compared to OC piglets (P = 0.05 and P < 0.01) and in piglets exhibiting diarrhea compared to those without diarrhea (P < 0.01 and P < 0.001). In DC pigs, BAP was also decreased (P < 0.05) 12 days after weaning. On trial B, plasma concentrations of vitamins A and E decreased and HPO increased 5 and 19 days respectively after weaning (P < 0,001). Contrarily to trial A, BAP values did not drop after weaning. Piglets which had the lowest ADG (Average Daily Gain) after weaning had greater HPO and OSI and lower vitamin A and E concentrations after weaning but also lower vitamin E concentration before weaning (P < 0.05). In conclusion, HPO or OSI seem to be good indicators of health disorders around weaning and plasma concentration of vitamin E before weaning is associated to growth after weaning.

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“…Dietary verbascoside supplementation improved the average daily gain and milk intake of naturally fed lambs (Casamassima et al, 2013); in addition Vizzarri et al (2014) found that dietary supplementation of Lippia citriodora extract in hares decreased saturated fatty acids content, cholesterol and thiobarbituric reactive substances (TBARSs) and increased the fat-soluble vitamins (A and E) in meat.…”

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Dietary <i>Lippia citriodora</i> extract in rabbit feeding: effects on quality of carcass and meat

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Abstract. Due to consumer demand, in recent years considerable attention has been focused on the use of natural compounds in animal feed. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of dietary natural extract from Lippia citriodora (commonly named "limoncina"), titrated in verbascoside, on quality, measured as oxidative stability, fatty acid composition, alpha-tocopherol and retinol content and sensory traits of rabbit meat. Forty-five New Zealand white rabbits were randomly assigned to three age-and body-weight-balanced feeding groups of 15 animals each in which a conventional pelleted diet (CON) was supplemented with 1 or 2 kg t −1 (low naturalextract (LNE) and high natural-extract (HNE) groups, respectively) of Lippia citriodora extract for 55 days. No influence on carcass characteristics and the chemical composition of meat was observed. A trend for a positive effect on alpha-tocopherol tissue content (P = 0.07) and on thiobarbituric reactive substance (TBARS) values was observed (P = 0.063) in Longissimus Lumborum muscle from the HNE group.The fatty acid profile of the meat was affected by dietary treatment with a significant decrease (P = 0.001) in saturated fatty acids and an increase (P = 0.01) in polyunsaturated fatty acids in both treated groups compared to the CON group. The supplementation with natural extract at the highest dosage improved the tenderness and juiciness of meat, highlighting a better consistency than CON and LNE groups. In conclusion, this study shows that the natural extract used has the potential to improve rabbit meat in order to produce functional food, without altering the chemical and physical characteristics of meat.

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“…() observed that birds exposed to heat stress had a higher and lower deposition of fat and protein, respectively. Verbascoside is the major active component of lemon verbena with a high activity of antioxidant, antibacterial, antitumor in vitro (Santoro et al., ) which would imply stimulating growth performance in vivo (Casamassima et al., ). According to this in vitro and in vivo findings, the data achieved in this study would be more justified with lemon verbena addition.…”

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“…Lemon verbena has already proven its antimicrobial effect in vitro which could indicate that it might stimulate the growth performance in vivo (Casamassima et al., ). The leaves of lemon verbena contain verbena essential oil which contains limonene, citral, geraniol, neral and linalool.…”

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“…The verbena essential oil has antibacterial and antimicrobial characteristics. Lemon verbena contains mucilage, tannin and flavonoids as well, and is alkaloids free (Casamassima et al., ). As the poultry production is facing many problems in hot months of a year, the present study aimed to evaluate for the first time the effects of lemon verbena and vitamin C consumption on performance and blood metabolites of broilers reared under heat stress.…”

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Effect of lemon verbena powder and vitamin C on performance and immunity of heat‐stressed broilers

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Animal Physiology Nutrition

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An experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of lemon verbena powder and vitamin C on performance and immunity of broilers under heat stress. The experiment was carried out with a total of 160-day-old male Ross 308 broiler chickens in a completely randomized design. From 25 days of age, the birds were assigned to four diets including control diet and treatment diets which were supplemented with 2 levels of lemon verbena (0.5% and 1.0%) and one level of vitamin C (250 mg/kg) in 16-floor pens with 10 chickens each and reared to 42 days of age. To induce chronic heat stress, birds were exposed to an ambient temperature of 35 ± 2 °C for 8 h daily (from 09:00 AM until 17:00 PM) between 25 and 42 days of age. At the end of experiment, one chick/pen was randomly selected, and the performance and blood parameters were evaluated. Dietary supplementation of 1.0% lemon verbena increased (p < 0.05) average weight gain and feed intake by 5.81% and 3.29%, and reduced feed conversion ratio by 2.59% respectively compared to control group. Birds fed diets containing 1.0% lemon verbena had significantly higher relative weight of bursa of fabricius and breast (p < 0.05). LDL decreased by 15.85% and 17.57%, for birds fed 0.5% and 1.0% lemon verbena respectively. The ratio of heterophyl to lymphocyte was reduced (p < 0.05) by 20.68% via significant decrease in heterophyl by 15.55% and significant increase in lymphocyte by 4.51% in birds fed lemon verbena at the rate of 1.0% compared to those fed the control diet. 1.0% lemon verbena and vitamin C elevated (p = 0.0005) the level of glutathione peroxidase by 51.81% and 27.90%, respectively. In conclusion, lemon verbena and vitamin C improved some performance data and blood metabolites which somehow suppressed the negative effects of heat stress.

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The effects of lemon verbena (<i>Lippia citriodora</i>) verbascoside on the productive performance, plasma oxidative status, and some blood metabolites in suckling lambs

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The effects of lemon verbena (<i>Lippia citriodora</i>) verbascoside on the productive performance, plasma oxidative status, and some blood metabolites in suckling lambs

Cited by 21 publications

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Effects of age and weaning conditions on blood indicators of oxidative status in pigs

Effects of age and weaning conditions on blood indicators of oxidative status in pigs

Dietary &lt;i&gt;Lippia citriodora&lt;/i&gt; extract in rabbit feeding: effects on quality of carcass and meat

Effect of lemon verbena powder and vitamin C on performance and immunity of heat‐stressed broilers

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