Immune-Stimulatory Effects of Dietary Tea Tree Essential Oil on Growth Performance and Aeromonas hydrophila Resistance in Nile Tilapia Juveniles Fed on a Low-Fishmeal Diet
The tea tree (Melaleuca alternifolia) essential oil (TTEO) exhibited in vitro antioxidant activities with an inhibition concentration (IC50) of 29.02 ± 0.57 µg/mL. This is due to its content of bioactive compounds; practically α-pinene (1.52%), eucalyptol (9.05%), 2-bornanone (57.94%), 1-dotriacontanol (1.82%), 1-decan...