Research Article

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

Table 8

Immune and antioxidative stress responses (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

Lysozyme activity (unit/mL)16.64 ± 0.35c17.33 ± 0.58c17.81 ± 0.77b18.02 ± 0.10b19.49 ± 0.26a0.019
Phagocytic activity (%)11.07 ± 0.12c11.12 ± 0.51c12.04 ± 0.83b13.77 ± 0.77a13.91 ± 0.16a0.0096
Phagocytic index0.96 ± 0.060.99 ± 0.081.08 ± 0.051.20 ± 0.031.12 ± 0.10.6961
Superoxide dismutase (SOD) (IU/L)8.75 ± 0.27c9.53 ± 0.28bc9.80 ± 0.42b10.06 ± 0.11b11.67 ± 0.21a0.0003
Malondialdehyde (MDA) (IU/L)17.73 ± 0.57a13.44 ± 0.15b13.37 ± 0.50b11.98 ± 0.73c11.67 ± 0.97c0.0004

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