Antioxidant Properties in Novel Feed Ingredients for Fish
A special issue of Antioxidants (ISSN 2076-3921).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2024 | Viewed by 505
Special Issue Editor
Interests: marine and environmental research; aquafeeds; fish; intestine oxidative status
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In the future, aquaculture will be the most reliable seafood source to meet the increasing protein requirements. However, concerns are rising regarding its environmental impact due to the reliance of aquaculture feeds on fishery ingredients. Alternative ingredients, such as insect meal, plant feedstuffs, processed animal proteins and single-cell microorganisms, are increasingly being used nowadays. In addition to advantages such as reducing fishery-derived ingredient usage, high availability and affordable prices, alternative ingredients also present antioxidant properties. Those properties may be related with the fatty acid composition, amino acid composition, bioactive components or other components such as the chitin and chitosan in insect meals. Fish oxidative stress is thereby reduced by an increased antioxidant potential or decreased oxidative damage (lipid and protein oxidation). An improved oxidative status will allow for increasing fish welfare even when produced intensively, leading to a more sustainable production pattern.
This Special Issue welcomes contributions on these topics as literature reviews, original research manuscripts or short communications. The topics of interest include manuscripts on the use of alternative feed ingredients, such as insect meal, medicinal plants or any other ingredient which potentially presents antioxidant properties in fish.
Dr. Inês Guerreiro
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- aquafeeds
- fish
- oxidative status
- aquaculture
- antioxidant
- insect meal
