Effects of green seaweed Chaetomorpha linum extracted by hot water on antioxidant activities and its use as a feed additive for marine shrimp postlarvae
摘要
This study optimized hot water extraction of Chaetomorpha linum crude extracts by testing nine temperature (60 °C, 80 °C, and 100 °C) and incubation time (1, 2, 3 h(s)) combinations. The best extraction conditions (80 °C, 3 h) yielded 22.13% extract, with significantly high phenolic content (21.24 µg GAE g−1) and antioxidant activity. Feeding trials were tested on black tiger shrimp, Penaeus monodon, and whiteleg shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei, postlarvae. A commercial shrimp feed (40% protein) was supplemented with three levels of C. linum extract (CE) from the 80°C_3h treatments: 0% CE (control), 0.4% CE, and 0.8% CE for 30 days. Shrimp survival was unaffected by dietary treatments (P > 0.05), while growth performance and feed conversion ratio significantly improved in the 0.4% CE group compared to the control (P < 0.05). However, a diet containing 0.8% CE led to poorer performance in P. monodon and further improved performance in L. vannamei compared to the 0.4% CE group. Salinity stress tests showed that shrimp fed extract-supplemented diets had lower cumulative mortality under both abrupt low (from 15 to 0.5 g L−1) and high (from 15 to 50 g L−1) salinity shocks (P < 0.001). These findings suggest that C. linum extract (80°C_3 h) enhances shrimp growth and salinity stress tolerance, with effects varying by species and dosage.