High incidence of cancer and other diseases have boosted the interest in herbal products to
be used as alternatives to synthetic drugs worldwide. Plants that present biological activity …

In fish, stressful events initiate a hormone cascade along the hypothalamus-pituitary-
interrenal and hypothalamus-sympathetic-chromaffin (HSC) axis to evoke several …

Nile tilapia is the most farmed freshwater fish, however disease outbreaks are the main
cause of losses in the production. Active compounds from plants are an alternative to …

Anaesthesia is a widely used tool in fish handling, sampling and surgery in aquaculture;
thus, fish anaesthesiology has been studied for a long time. In this case, there are several …

The Piper genus is the most representative of the Piperaceae reaching around 2000 species
distributed in the pantropical region. In the Neotropics, its species are represented by herbs …

This study evaluated the effects of the essential oil of Ocimum gratissimum L.(EOOG) on
water quality, blood characteristics and tissue damage during transport of Lophiosilurus …

The aim of this study was to investigate the anesthetic efficiency of coriander (Coriandrum
sativum) and thyme (Origanum onites) essential oils at different concentrations (20, 50, 70 …

Ocimum gratissimum L.(known for its relaxant/sedative effects and antimicrobial properties)
and Hesperozygis ringens (Benth.) Epling (known for its anti-parasitic properties) are two …

This study aimed to evaluate the essential oil of Ocimum gratissimum L.(EOOG) for
anesthesia and in the transport of Oreochromis niloticus. Experiment I determined the time of …

The study evaluated the anesthetic activity of Lippia alba essential oil (EO) in tambaqui
(Colossoma macropomum). For this, two assays were realized. The first experiment …