Dietary Antioxidant Supplementation Promotes Growth in Senegalese Sole Postlarvae

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A recent study shows that growth is positively modulated by dietary naturals extracts, namely curcumin and grape seed extract, in Solea senegalensis postlarvae.

The results of this study in which SPAROS participated shows that, diet with both curcumin and grape seed can positively modulate muscle development and promote growth in sole postlarvae. This effect is more prominent in curcumin fed fish, where increased hyperplastic and hypertrophic muscle growth, and was associated with an upregulation of myod2 and mymk genes. This study provides new clues about the regulatory effects of nutraceuticals on muscle growth and development in flatfish. A coming article will describe effects on sole oxidative status in this same study.

The study was funded by project VALORMAR (ref. 024517) through Compete 2020, Lisboa 2020, CRESC Algarve 2020, Portugal 2020, and also by the Projects PATHAA and UIDB/04326/2020 from the Foundation for Science and Technology of Portugal (FCT), and and the European Union’s ERDF, and IFAPA project RTA2017-00054-C03-01 funded by MCIU/AEI/FEDER, UE.

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