PUBLICATION
Aloysia triphylla in the zebrafish food: effects on physiology, behavior, and growth performance
- Authors
- Zago, D.C., Santos, A.C., Lanes, C.F.C., Almeida, D.V., Koakoski, G., de Abreu, M.S., Zeppenfeld, C.C., Heinzmann, B.M., Marins, L.F., Baldisserotto, B., Barcellos, L.J.G., Cunha, M.A.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-180210-7
- Date
- 2018
- Source
- Fish physiology and biochemistry 44(2): 465-474 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Almeida, Daniela Volcan, Lanes, Carlos Frederico Ceccon, Marins, Luis Fernando
- Keywords
- Anxiety, Cortisol, Oxygen consumption, Welfare, Zebrafish
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Behavior, Animal/drug effects*
- Dietary Supplements*
- Oxygen Consumption/drug effects
- Plant Extracts/pharmacology
- Plant Oils/administration & dosage*
- Stress, Physiological/drug effects
- Verbenaceae/chemistry*
- Zebrafish/growth & development
- Zebrafish/physiology*
- PubMed
- 29423894 Full text @ Fish Physiol. Biochem.
Citation
Zago, D.C., Santos, A.C., Lanes, C.F.C., Almeida, D.V., Koakoski, G., de Abreu, M.S., Zeppenfeld, C.C., Heinzmann, B.M., Marins, L.F., Baldisserotto, B., Barcellos, L.J.G., Cunha, M.A. (2018) Aloysia triphylla in the zebrafish food: effects on physiology, behavior, and growth performance. Fish physiology and biochemistry. 44(2):465-474.
Abstract
Dietary supplements are commonly used by animals and humans and play key roles in diverse systems, such as the immune and reproductive systems, and in metabolism. Essential oils (EOs), which are natural substances, have potential for use in food supplementation; however, their effects on organisms remain to be elucidated. Here, we examine the effects of dietary Aloysia triphylla EO supplementation on zebrafish behavior, metabolism, stress response, and growth performance. We show that fish fed diets containing A. triphylla EO presented an anxiolytic response, with reduced exploratory activity and oxygen consumption; no changes were observed in neuroendocrine stress axis functioning and growth was not impaired. Taken together, these results suggest that the A. triphylla EO supplementation is a strong candidate for use in feed, since it ensures fish welfare (anxiolytic behavior) with decreased oxygen consumption. This makes it suitable for use in high-density production systems without causing damage to the neuroendocrine stress axis and without growth performance being impaired.
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