Application of Medicinal Herbal Plants in Aquaculture
D. Kaviarasu*
Tamil Nadu Dr. J Jayalalithaa Fisheries University, Nagapattinam, Dr. M.G.R. Fisheries College and Research Institute, Ponneri, Tamil Nadu (601 204), India
T. Thilagavathi
Tamil Nadu Dr. J Jayalalithaa Fisheries University, Nagapattinam, Dr. M.G.R. Fisheries College and Research Institute, Ponneri, Tamil Nadu (601 204), India
A. Uma
Tamil Nadu Dr. J Jayalalithaa Fisheries University, Nagapattinam, Dr. M.G.R. Fisheries College and Research Institute, Ponneri, Tamil Nadu (601 204), India
S. Saravanan
Tamil Nadu Dr. J Jayalalithaa Fisheries University, Nagapattinam, Dr. M.G.R. Fisheries College and Research Institute, Ponneri, Tamil Nadu (601 204), India
A. Gopalakannan
Tamil Nadu Dr. J Jayalalithaa Fisheries University, Nagapattinam, Dr. M.G.R. Fisheries College and Research Institute, Ponneri, Tamil Nadu (601 204), India
DOI: NIL
Keywords: Aquaculture, Antibiotics, Herbal medicines, Medicinal plant
Abstract
Global aquaculture development increased significantly over the past few decades, and the sector has been mainly affected by disease outbreaks due to intensive culture practices. Antibiotics have been used to control infectious diseases but their residues accumulated in the animal tissues, remain in the aquatic environment, posing a risk to the consumer’s health and causing environmental pollution. The use of medicinal herbal plants as natural and innocuous compounds has potential in aquaculture as an alternative to antibiotics and immunoprophylactics. Medicinal herbal plants have active compounds such as tannins, alkaloids, terpenoids, saponins, phenolics, steroids, and flavonoids that posses various biological activities. This article is to be highlighted the applications of medicinal herbal plant extracts or their combinations act as the anaesthetic compounds, appetite stimulator, growth promoter, antistress, antioxidant, immunostimulants, antiviral, antibacterial, antiparasitic and antifungal agents in aquaculture.
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