Phytosterol: nutritional significance, health benefits, and its uses in poultry and livestock nutrition.
Anim Biotechnol
; 34(7): 3206-3215, 2023 Dec.
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ABSTRACT
Medicinal plants with active ingredients have shown great potential as natural and sustainable additives in livestock and poultry diets as growth promoters, performance, feed conversion ratio, digestibility of nutrient enhancers, and antioxidants and immune system modulators. Among active ingredients, phytosterols, which are plant-based bio-factors that may be found in seeds, fruits, grains, vegetables and legumes, are thought to be involved in the aforementioned activities but are also widely known in human medicine due to their efficacy in treating diabetes, coronary heart disease, and tumors. Nevertheless, phytosterols can also promote carcinogens production, angiogenesis inhibition, metastasis, infiltration, and cancer cells proliferation. This review focuses on the deepening of the biological role and health benefits of phytosterols and their new potential application in poultry and livestock nutrition.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Fitosteróis
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Aves Domésticas
Limite:
Animals
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Anim Biotechnol
Assunto da revista:
BIOTECNOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2023
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Article
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Paquistão