Effect of Fennel ( Foeniculum Vulgare ) Seed Powder Consumption on Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 Gene Expression in the Liver Tissue of Growing Lambs

• Published in: Gene expression Vol. 21; no. 2; p. 21
• Main Authors: Shahsavari, Mojtaba, Mohammadabadi, Mohammadreza, Khezri, Amin, Borshch, Oleksandr, Babenko, Olena, Kalashnyk, Oleksandr, Afanasenko, Volodymyr, Kondratiuk, Vadym
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sugar Land Xia & He Publishing 01.12.2022
• Subjects: Animal feed; Animal sciences; Animals; Consumption; Diet; Dry matter; Enzymes; Essential oils; Feeds; Flavonoids; Foeniculum; Gallbladder; Gene expression; Growth factors; Growth hormones; Herbal medicine; Homeostasis; Insulin; Insulin-like growth factor I; Insulin-like growth factors; Lamb; Lipids; Liver; Liver diseases; Meat; Medicinal plants; Metabolism; Nitrogen; Nutrition research; Polymerase chain reaction; Proteins; Seeds; Sheep; Testosterone; Zoology; Iran

Background and objectivesToday, medicinal plants and phytobiotics that contain flavonoids, alkaloids, and essential oils are widely used in animal feed. These additives have many benefits, including increasing liver function and preventing certain diseases. The liver is one of the organs that plays...