International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences
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Volume 3 Issue 4
2012(October - December)
GROWTH PROMOTING POTENTIAL OF GARLIC, GINGER, TURMERIC AND FENUGREEK ON THE FRESHWATER PRAWN MACROBRACHIUM ROSENBERGII
A 60 day feeding trial was conducted to determine the growth performance of lessThan i greaterThan Macrobrachium rosenbergii lessThan /i greaterThan post larvae (PL) on lessThan i greaterThan Allium sativum lessThan /i greaterThan (Garlic), lessThan i greaterThan Zingiber officinale lessThan /i greaterThan (Ginger), lessThan i greaterThan Curcuma longa lessThan /i greaterThan (Turmeric) and lessThan i greaterThan Trigonella foenum-graecum lessThan /i greaterThan (Fenugreek) incorporated diets. Survival rate (SR) ranged from 69.0-80.0% in experimental diets fed PL groups were recorded against 66.0% in control. The elevation in SR was in the order of garlic greaterThan ginger greaterThan turmeric greaterThan fenugreek. Similar trend in elevation of FR was recorded, which in turn increases the WG in experimental PL over control. The same patterns of improvements were observed in SGR, FCE, PCE, ME and GE. Concurrently, the values obtained for CF and FCR were in decreasing pattern (garlic lessThan ginger lessThan turmeric lessThan fenugreek). This indicated the fact that the experimental feeds were superior in quality than that of control. Concentrations of total protein, amino acid, RNA, DNA, RNA/DNA and carbohydrate as well were found to be elevated in experimental diets fed PL when compared with control. Instead, herbal dependent utilization of lipid was noted in PL, and thus, the elevation of total lipid was recorded in just the reverse order, garlic lessThan ginger lessThan turmeric lessThan fenugreek. All the data were significant at lessThan i greaterThan P lessThan /i greaterThan lessThan 0.05. The herbal growth promoter induced transcription rate, which in turn increased RNA and total amino acid, which ultimately enhances proteins synthesis in lessThan i greaterThan M. rosenbergii lessThan /i greaterThan PL. This ability was higher with garlic included feed followed by ginger, turmeric and fenugreek. Therefore, these herbs could be taken as supplementary materials in aqua feed formulation.
R. POONGODI, P. SARAVANA BHAVAN, T. MURALISANKAR AND S. RADHAKRISHNAN
M. rosenbergii, Garlic, Ginger, Turmeric, Fenugreek, Survival, Growth, Protein, RNA/DNA.
914-926