Work

Açao Antioxidante de Extratos de Alecrim (Rosmarinus officinalis L.) em Filés de Peixes da Espécie Pacu (Piaractus mesopotamicus Holmberg)

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: The antioxidant effect of plant extract has been an interesting issue for many researchers in past few years. Spices have been identified as products with large amounts of antioxidants, and rosemary is one the most studied spice. Studies have shown evidences that population with high intake of these substances have less incidence ol coronary heart disease. The objective of this work was verify the antioxidant action of the commercial rosemary oleoresin Herbalox® (used to feed the pacu (PPiaractus mesopotamicus Holmberg) fish. The juveniles pacu were fed with isocaloric and isoprotcic diets, for two groups the lipid source was soybean oil and for the another it was corn oil. For each group of the different lipid sources, rosemary extract Herbalox® (were added in one lot and on the other which was used as control. The results showed that the addition of rosemary extracts to the ration protected them against peroxidation, when compared with the control, the lipid source also have influence on these protection.

Source: Revista Brasileira de Plantas Medicinais

DOI: 10.70151/x5g55c11

Authors: Léa S. Sant'Ana, Jorge Mancini-Filho

Institutions: Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Universidade de São Paulo

Language: English

Topic: Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth

Subfield: Aquatic Science

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Zero hunger

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $57