Effect of Fruit of Solanum xanthocarpum as Immuno Stimulant on Fish Channa striatus

Abstract

The fruit of Kantankattari(Solanum xanthocarpum) was used for screening of Phytochemical, Antioxidant, Antimiccrobial properties, and the powder of same fruit was also incorporated with fish feed. The fish Channa striatus was fed with Control and test (Solanum xanthocarpum) diet for 30 days. After 30 days of experiment Haematological parameters were analysed.It is also interesting to find out that in all the groups of Channa striatus the growth rate was increased gradually in the test than control for the period of 30 days. After 30 days of experiment the collected fish blood was subjected to Haematological parameters such as WBC, RBC, Differential count, platelet count, Haemoglobin concentration, Macrophage count, phagocytic count. Almost all the haematological parameters gradually increased in test animal after 30 days of treatment period than Control. Protein profile of serum on SDS PAGE indicated that there was an increased number of protein fractions were observed in the test fish than Control for the period of 30 days of experiment.