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SU URUNLERI DERGISI
Volume 38, Issue 3, Pages 337-343Publisher
EGE UNIV, FAC FISHERIES
DOI: 10.12714/egejfas.38.3.10
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Antioxidant; growth parameters; ellagic acid; oxidative stress; carp
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In this study, the effects of ellagic acid on growth performance and antioxidant status in scaly carp were investigated. It was found that ellagic acid can significantly decrease malondialdehyde levels and increase catalase and glutathione-S-transferase activities as well as reduced glutathione levels in the liver and kidney of fish. Ellagic acid can be concluded to be effective as an antioxidant in fish.
In the present study, it was investigated the effects of various levels of dietary ellagic acid on growth performance and antioxidant status in scaly carp (Cyprinus carpio). Fish were fed with the control diet and three different experimental diets containing three graded levels of ellagic acid (50, 100 and 200 mg kg(-1) diet) for 60 days. On 30th and 60th days of experiment, the growth performance [live weight gain, relative growth and specific growth rate] and oxidant/antioxidant parameters [malondialdehyde level, catalase and glutathione-S-transferase activities and reduced glutathione level] were analysed. There was no statistically significant difference in the live weight gain, relative growth and specific growth rates of the control and ellagic acid treated groups (p > 0.05). When compared to the control group, the liver and kidney malondialdehyde levels of ellagic acid treated groups were significantly decreased (p < 0.05). The liver and kidney catalase and glutathione-S-transferase activities and reduced glutathione levels of ellagic acid treated groups were significantly increased when compared to the control group (p < 0.05). It was concluded that ellagic acid can be used as an antioxidant in fish.
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