Growth, physiological, antioxidants, and immune response of African catfish, Clarias gariepinus (B.), to dietary clove basil, Ocimum gratissimum, leaf extract and its susceptibility to Listeria monocytogenes infection

Effect of guavaPsidium guajava(L.) aqueous extract diet on growth performance, intestinal morphology, immune response and survival ofOreochromis niloticuschallenged withAeromonas hydrophila

“…Additionally, fish fed only on the basal diet demonstrated 100% mortality followed by the group fed P4 (10.0 g/kg) with 70% mortality. This is in agreement with previous work on various phytogenics such as turmeric (Abdel‐Tawwab & Abbass, ), clove (Abdel‐Tawwab, ) and green tea (Abdel‐Tawwab et al, ).…”

“…The presence of certain constituents such as flavonoids may be responsible for improved growth in the extract‐treated groups, as revealed by Kocour et al () where oestrogenic activity in flavonoids resulted in growth promotion in Cyprinus carpio . Abdel‐Tawwab et al () postulated that the supplementation of clove basil leaf extract control limited the growth of pathogenic bacteria in fish guts, thus improving utilization efficiency. Improved growth performance was reported in Yilmaz, Genc, Cek, Mazlum, and Genc () when common carp were fed extracts from herbal plants.…”

“…Phytogenic plants with traditional medicinal usage have been identified as potential feed additives for increased resistance to pathogens, improved feed efficiency and growth performance subsequently (Abdel‐Tawwab, Adeshina, Jenyo‐Oni, Ajani, & Emikpe, ). Many authors have attributed certain biological and pharmacological activities such as antiulcer, antiplasmodial, anti‐trypanosoma, antioxidant, anticancer, nematicidal, antibacterial, antiviral, larvicidal and fungicidal activities to compounds contained in phytogenic plants (Atawodi & Atawodi, ; Ganguli, ; Meymand, Moworati, Khansari, Nasrollazadeh, & Minale, ; Rattanachaikunsopon & Phumkhachorn, ).…”

Cadmium Toxicity-Induced Oxidative Stress and Genotoxic Effects on Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus L.) Fish: The Protective Role of Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum) Seeds

“…So, for Cd detoxification, a scientific tool is essential to sustain the health of the economic farmed fish. Natural products, such as plants and their extracts, have received much attention because they could increase appetite, promote growth, enhance immune ability, and have anti-pathogenic properties in fish (Abdel-Tawwab, 2016;Abdel-Tawwab et al, 2018). In recent years, one of these plants that have gained attention is FN (Mostafa et al, 2009;Mehboob et al, 2017;Roohi et al, 2017).…”

“…Recently, many studies have reported using either plants or plant extracts in aquaculture not only as feed additives but also as chemotherapeutics (Wang et al, 2015;Abdel-Tawwab, 2016), as they contains a wide variety of chemical compounds and nutrients (Chang, 2000). It is worth to mention that plants can also induced antioxidant enzymes such as catalase, superoxide dismutase, glutathione Stransferase, and peroxidases, which play an important role in detoxification and removal of toxicity-induced reactive oxygen species Abdel-Tawwab et al, 2018). In this regard, an interest in using fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum L.) [FN], in fish diets has gained attention in recent years (Mostafa et al, 2009;Mehboob et al, 2017;Roohi et al, 2017).…”