Mentha piperita as a promising feed additive used to protect liver, bone, and meat of Japanese quail against aflatoxin B1

The present study was conducted to evaluate aflatoxin B 1 (AFB 1 ) detoxification effects of some medicinal plants under both in vitro and in vivo. The in vitro experiment was performed with 25 treatments in 5 replications. The samples of medicinal plants were incubated with AFB 1 for 72 h, and the...

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Veröffentlicht in:Tropical animal health and production 2022-10, Vol.54 (5), p.254-254, Article 254
Hauptverfasser: Masouri, Ladan, Bagherzadeh-Kasmani, Farzad, Mehri, Mehran, Rokouei, Mohammad, Masouri, Babak
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Zusammenfassung:The present study was conducted to evaluate aflatoxin B 1 (AFB 1 ) detoxification effects of some medicinal plants under both in vitro and in vivo. The in vitro experiment was performed with 25 treatments in 5 replications. The samples of medicinal plants were incubated with AFB 1 for 72 h, and the toxin residual in the supernatant was determined. The highest aflatoxin elimination was found to be related to peppermint (81%). Thereafter, in vivo experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of peppermint dried leaves, essential oil, and menthol on liver, bone, and meat, as well as the performance of growing Japanese quail fed diet contaminated with AFB 1 . A total of 640 7-day-old Japanese quails were assigned using a completely randomized design as 2 × 4 factorial arrangement with two levels of AFB 1 (including 0 and 2.5 mg/kg diet) and four treatments (including no additive; peppermint powder, 20 g/kg; peppermint essential oil, 800 mg/kg; and menthol powder, 400 mg/kg). Those birds fed AFB 1 -contaminated diet with no additives showed the worst liver health status by considering super oxide dismutase ( P  = 0.0399), glutathione peroxidase ( P  = 0.0139), alanine aminotransferase ( P  
ISSN:0049-4747
1573-7438
DOI:10.1007/s11250-022-03257-w