Research Article

Dietary Methanolic Extract of Fenugreek Enhanced the Growth, Haematobiochemical, Immune Responses, and Resistance against Aeromonas hydrophila in Nile Tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus

Table 7

Biochemical analysis (mean ± SEM) of Nile tilapia after 90 days of feeding on methanolic extract of fenugreek seed (FS).

ItemsMethanolic extract of FS (%) value
00.050.10.150.2

ALT (U/L)28.38 ± 0.4228.78 ± 0.5427.34 ± 0.4528.68 ± 0.3827.88 ± 1.090.4381
AST (U/L)30.48 ± 0.5031.99 ± 1.9629.12 ± 0.8929.60 ± 0.3329.19 ± 0.790.3419
ALP (U/L)39.99 ± 0.1240.52 ± 0.3739.04 ± 0.8937.49 ± 1.7935.50 ± 2.670.1983
Total protein (g/dL)3.19 ± 0.11d3.38 ± 0.06b3.55 ± 0.04b3.61 ± 0.02a3.68 ± 0.07a0.0023
Albumin (g/dL)1.32 ± 0.03c1.35 ± 0.03c1.48 ± 0.01a1.41 ± 0.02b1.42 ± 0.05b0.0289
Globulin (g/dL)1.87 ± 0.10c2.02 ± 0.05b2.07 ± 0.05b2.19 ± 0.03a2.26 ± 0.05a0.0106
Triglyceride (mg/dL)78.83 ± 4.0479.34 ± 5.6888.75 ± 3.4788.62 ± 6.0794.75 ± 5.600.2031
Cholesterol (mg/dL)102.2 ± 0.8599.90 ± 0.7194.33 ± 2.0494.90 ± 7.7293.03 ± 3.060.4279
Urea (mg/dL)4.93 ± 0.113.87 ± 0.53.93 ± 0.114.34 ± 0.584.05 ± 0.620.4806
Creatinine (mg/dL)0.31 ± 0.020.29 ± 0.020.24 ± 0.020.30 ± 0.010.28 ± 0.010.0701

Means within each raw of different superscripts are significantly different at .