https://jopr.mpob.gov.my Wed, 17 Nov 2021 05:56:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://jopr.mpob.gov.my/palm-vitamin-e-for-aquaculture-feeds/ Sat, 13 Nov 2021 15:24:47 +0000 https://jopr.mpob.gov.my/V2/?p=9269 In this overview, our current research on the use of palm oil-based vitamin E in aquaculture feeds will be highlighted. While most vegetable oils contain almost exclusively tocopherols, palm oil is notable because tocotrienols represent about 80% of the vitamin E content. Almost all vitamin E research in fish nutrition has focused on α-tocopherol, usually supplied as the synthetic all-rac-α-tocopherol acetate, as it is deemed the most potent of all the isoforms. Several feeding trials were carried out to investigate the deposition of vitamin E and their antioxidant activity in various tissues of tilapia and catfish fed various palm oil products and vitamin E sources. We were the first group of researchers to show that (1) the tocotrienol-rich fraction (TRF) extracted from palm oil is more potent than all-rac-α-tocopherol acetate as an antioxidant when used in tilapia diets; (2) fish tissues varied in their ability to accumulate tocotrienols with the highest concentrations being found in perivisceral adipose tissues, followed by liver, skin and muscle; (3) tissue concentrations of α-tocopherol, α-tocotrienol and γ-tocotrienol increased linearly in response to increasing dietary concentrations originating from added TRF. As a potent in vivo antioxidant in fish tissues, palm vitamin E will have positive impacts on seafood quality such as prolonging shelf-life, maintaining colouration of pigmented seafood and enhancing the nutritional value of seafood.

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