The essential oils of some medicinal plants on the immune system of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

A Ghasemi Pirbalouti; E Pirali; G Pishkar; S Mohammadali Jalali; M Reyesi; M Jafarian Dehkordi; B Hamedi

doi:10.1055/s-0032-1320793

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The essential oils of some medicinal plants on the immune system of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

A Ghasemi Pirbalouti ¹, E Pirali ², G Pishkar ³, S Mohammadali Jalali ³, M Reyesi ⁴, M Jafarian Dehkordi ⁴, B Hamedi ¹

¹Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Research Center of Medicinal Plants and Ethno-veterinary, Shahrekord, Iran
²Management of Aquaculture, Agricultural Organization, Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari Province, Iran
³Department of Animal Husbandry, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, Iran
⁴Department of Fish Health, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, Iran

Abstract

A large number of plants and their isolated constituents have been shown to potentiate immunity [1–2]. In present study, the essential oils of five species from were used to determinate the effects on immune system in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). The experimental in a completely randomized design with 7 treatments and 3 replicates and each replicate fish were divided into 12 pieces. The experimental treatments were: essential oils of Satureja bachtiarica Bunge, Thymus daenensis Celak, Satureja khuzestanica Jamzad, Dracocephalum multicaule Benth, Mentha longifolia L, normal diet + olive oil, normal diet (control). The results showed significant different (p≤0.05) between almost characteristics of immune system rainbow trout. The results of showed that the highest levels of immune factors (the percentage of phagocytosis, number and rate of crime phagosite Igm) relating to essential oils of M. longifolia, S. khuzestanica and D. multicaule. In final, the use of essential oils and herbs, especially the M. longifolia and S. bachtiarica improve the status indicator.

Key word: Mentha longifolia, Satureja bachtiarica, immune system, Oncorhynchus mykiss

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