LIGHT, MELATONIN AND OXIDATIVE STRESS IN FISH FARMING

• Autor(a) principal: Dias, Claudio Alberto Gellis de Mattos
• Data de Publicação: 2013
• Outros Autores: Fagundes, Diego Santos, Gouveia Junior, Amauri, Lopez de Silanes, Maria Divina Murillo, Sá-Oliveira, Júlio César
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biota Amazônia
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unifap.br/index.php/biota/article/view/841

In fish, as in mammals, parts of the nervous system are involved in mechanisms for regulation of body systems in harmony with the environment. The photoperiod is translated into physiological information from melatonin secretion. There seems no morphological and physiological hurdles for this indoleamine, i.e., melatonin quickly into perfuses every cell of the body and in some cases membrane and interacts with receptors locate don’t he cell surface and appears to be related to food in take, growth and locomotion fish. Molecules are important metabolizing reactive oxygen species to in active products and thus reducing oxidative damage. This work aims to give a brief survey of recent articles about light, melatonin and oxidative stress in fish, and correlates them with fish farming. We conclude that the light appears to be linked to the production of melatonin, and this antioxidant molecule, which favors the reduction of oxidative stress, seem to improve performance in fish production.Keywords: Melatonin; oxidative stress; pisciculture.