Plant Feed Additives as Natural Alternatives to the Use of Synthetic Antioxidant Vitamins in Livestock Animal Products Yield, Quality, and Oxidative Status: A Review

Tsiplakou, Eleni and Pitino, Rosario and Manuelian, Carmen L. and Simoni, Marica and Mitsiopoulou, Christina and De Marchi, Massimo and Righi, Federico (2021) Plant Feed Additives as Natural Alternatives to the Use of Synthetic Antioxidant Vitamins in Livestock Animal Products Yield, Quality, and Oxidative Status: A Review. Antioxidants, 10 (5). p. 780. ISSN 2076-3921

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Abstract

The interest for safe and natural foods of animal origin is currently increasing the use of plant feed additives (PFA) as antioxidants in animal nutrition. However, studies with livestock animals dealing with PFA as antioxidants are scarce. The aim of the present review was to evaluate the antioxidant impact of PFA compared with synthetic vitamins on animal food product yield and quality. For this purpose, peer-reviewed studies published between 2000 and 2020 were collected. Most papers were carried out on ruminants (n = 13), but PFA were also tested in swine (n = 6) and rabbits (n = 2). The inclusion of PFA in the diets of pigs, rabbits, and ruminants improved the products’ quality (including organoleptic characteristics and fatty acids profile), oxidative stability, and shelf life, with some impacts also on their yields. The effects of PFA are diverse but often comparable to those of the synthetic antioxidant vitamin E, suggesting their potential as an alternative to this vitamin within the diet.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Middle East Library > Agricultural and Food Science
Depositing User: Unnamed user with email support@middle-eastlibrary.com
Date Deposited: 13 Jul 2023 04:29
Last Modified: 06 Sep 2024 09:03
URI: http://editor.openaccessbook.com/id/eprint/1337

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