ReviewAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2022
Exploring the Roles of Dietary Herbal Essential Oils in Aquaculture: A Review.
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- Innovative Field Applications of Probiotics, Prebiotics, and Medicinal Plant Products for Disease Control in Aquaculture.Journal of fish diseases · 2026Review
- GC-MS-Based Phytochemical Profiling and Integrated Evaluation of Antioxidant, Antibacterial, and In Silico Studies of Kumaun Himalayan Strobilanthes Species.Chemistry & biodiversity · 2026Article
- Antibacterial Activity of Essential Oils as Phytotherapeutic Alternatives AgainstPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Phytogenic Immunostimulants: Evaluation of Antifungal and Immunomodulatory Effect of Basil and Lemongrass Extracts inACS omega · 2026Article
- Sustainable feed processing methods to enhance growth and digestibility in freshwater aquaculture: A review.Animal nutrition (Zhongguo xu mu shou yi xue hui) · 2026Review
- Dietary Matrine Supplementation Enhances Growth, Immunity and Disease Resistance in Nile Tilapia (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- Microencapsulated Functional Additives in Commercial Diets: Effects on Growth, Health, and Intestinal Pro-Inflammatory Gene Expression in Juvenile Rainbow Trout (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- Phytobiotic Essential Oils as Antibiotic Alternatives in Aquaculture: Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Properties of Garlic, Thyme, Thyme Conehead, Rosemary, and Eucalyptus.Food science & nutrition · 2026Article
- Dietary essential oils modulate post-mortem oxidative damage in trout fillets exposed to slaughter stress during frozen storage.Journal of the science of food and agriculture · 2026Article
- REVIEW: Unveiling the potential of herbal biomedicines as a sustainable solution for the aquaculture industry.Fish physiology and biochemistry · 2026Review
- Evaluation of Propylene Glycol and Essential Oil Supplementation on Growth Performance, Feed Efficiency, Serum Biochemical Indices, Hematological Parameters, and the Expression of Antifreeze IV and Lipid Metabolism-Related Genes in Nile Tilapia.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Oils in Aquafeeds: Mechanistic Perspectives on Growth Promotion, Immunomodulation, and Stress Resilience.Aquaculture nutrition · 2026Review
- DietaryFrontiers in immunology · 2026Article
- Heat shock proteins in farmed aquatic animals: advancing animal health and welfare management through building resilience.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Ulvan Microparticles for Encapsulation of Eucalyptus Essential Oil: Characterization, Release Behavior, and Stability in Aquafeeds.Aquaculture nutrition · 2026Article
- Microencapsulated Botanicals and Organic Acids Improve Immune Status and Growth in Gilthead Seabream (Aquaculture nutrition · 2026Article
- Chemical composition and in vitro/in vivo antisaprolegniosis efficacy of Satureja Bachtiarica and Achillea Talagonica essential oils on rainbow trout eggs.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Phytochemicals: Essential Oils and Other Extracts for Disease Prevention and Growth Enhancement in Aquaculture: Challenges and Opportunities.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Review
- Transcriptomic Analysis Reveals the Inhibitory Mechanism of Fisetin Against the Pathogenicity ofAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
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Abstract
The aquaculture sector is one of the main activities contributing to food security for humanity around the globe. However, aquatic animals are susceptible to several farming stressors involved in deteriorated growth performance, reduced productivity, and eventually high mortality rates. In some countries still, antibiotics and chemotherapies are comprehensively applied to control biotic stressors. Aside from the apparent benefits, the continuous usage of antibiotics develops bacterial resistance, deteriorates bacterial populations, and accumulates these compounds in the aquatic environment. Alternatively, environmentally friendly additives were used to avoid the direct and indirect impacts on the aquatic ecosystem and human health. In aquaculture, medicinal herbs and extracts are extensively used and approved for their growth-promoting, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidative properties. Herbal essential oils contain many bioactive components with powerful antibacterial, antioxidative, and immunostimulant potentials, suggesting their application for aquatic animals. Essential oils can be provided via diet and can benefit aquatic animals by improving their well-being and health status. The use of essential oils in aquafeed has been studied in a variety of aquatic animals to determine their beneficial roles and optimum doses. The outputs illustrated that herbal essential oils are exciting alternatives to antibiotics with prominent growth promotion, antioxidative, and immunostimulant roles. Herein, we reviewed the beneficial roles of essential oils in aquaculture. This review also aims to describe trends in herbal essential oils use, mainly in commercial fish species, and to analyze different factors that affect essential oils' efficacy on the growth performance, antioxidative, and immune responses of finfish species.
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