Anesthetic induction of juveniles of Rhamdia quelen and Ctenopharyngodon idella with Ocimum micranthum essential oil

Indução anestésica de Rhamdia quelen e Ctenopharyngodon idella com o óleo essencial de Ocimum micranthum

ABSTRACT:

Anesthetics are effective to reduce or minimize stress in handling operations related to fish cultures. Aiming to avoid residual effects of synthetic drugs, several natural agents, such as essential oils (EOs), have been tested. The aim of this study was to determine the optimal concentration of the EO of Ocimum micranthum for induction of anesthesia in juveniles of silver catfish (Rhamdia quelen) and grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella). Results demonstrated that the most suitable concentration to sedate silver catfish and carp is 25μL/L, while to anesthetize 200μL/L is more suitable for silver catfish and 100μL/L for grass carp, because these concentrations induce deep anesthesia in less than three min and recovery in less than five min. Analysis of the EO constituents showed methyl chavicol, a compound with carcinogenic potential, as the major component (58.2%). Therefore, the EO of O. micranthum is not recommended for fish anesthesia if the fish are to be used as food.

Key words:
anesthesia; silver catfish; grass carp; sedation

RESUMO:

Os anestésicos são eficazes para reduzir ou minimizar o estresse nas operações de manuseio relacionadas à piscicultura. Com o objetivo de evitar efeitos residuais de fármacos sintéticos, vários agentes naturais, como óleos essenciais (OEs), têm sido testados. O objetivo deste estudo foi determinar a concentração ótima do OE de Ocimum micranthum para a indução de anestesia em juvenis de jundiá (Rhamdia quelen) e carpa capim (Ctenopharyngodon idella). Os resultados demonstram que a concentração mais adequada para sedar jundiás e carpas capim é 25μL/L. Enquanto que para anestesiar 200μL/L é mais adequado para jundiás e 100μL/L para carpas capim, pois essas concentrações induzem anestesia profunda em menos de três minutos e recuperação em menos de cinco minutos. A análise dos constituintes do OE identificou o metil chavicol, um composto com potencial carcinogênico, como componente majoritário (58,2%). Portanto, o OE de O. micranthum não é recomendado para anestesia de peixes usado como alimento.

Palavras-chave:
anestesia; jundiá; carpa-capim; sedação

INTRODUCTION:

Anesthetics have been used in aquaculture to minimize the stress that occurs in fish management operations, but some may cause adverse effects on fish, manipulators or in the environment. The choice of an anesthetic also depends on availability, cost, ease use and physical state (CHO & HEATH, 2000). Several substances and combinations of substances, such as alcohol, ether, barbiturates, quinaldine, tricaine methanesulfonate (MS 222), chlorbutanol and benzocaine have been used to induce anesthesia in fish. However, each of these agents has been associated with undesirable systemic side effects and limited safety margins to the extent that their use has either been limited or rejected altogether (GILDERHUS & MARKING, 1987; PALIĆ et al., 2006). Consequently, there is a search for natural anesthetics with little or no toxicity and low cost.

Some essential oils (EOs), such as those from Lippia alba (chemotype linalool) and Aloysia triphylla, are efficacious to anesthetize fish, not aversive and have almost no side effects (BANDEIRA JUNIOR et al., 2018; PARODI et al., 2014; SOUZA et al., 2017; ZEPPENFELD et al., 2014). However, in zebrafish, Danio rerio, the EO of A. triphylla was stressful and did not attenuate cortisol increase after stress (BANDEIRA JUNIOR et al., 2018). The EO of plants from the genus Ocimum also have presented anesthetic activity (BENOVIT et al., 2012).

Ocimum micranthum (Lamiaceae), an herb native of Central Lowlands, South America and West Indies, is used locally to flavor beverages and soups, and for the treatment of fever, stomach disturbances and dysentery. A decoction of the plant is also used for nervous disorders, earaches, colic and convulsions in children, as well as for painful menstruation (LINO et al., 2005). Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the anesthetic effect of another species of this genus, Ocimum micranthum, in two fish species: Rhamdia quelen (silver catfish) and Ctenopharyngodon idella (grass carp).

MATERIALS AND METHODS:

Fish and culture conditions

Experiments were conducted in the Fish Physiology Laboratory at the Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Rio Grande do Sul state (RS), Brazil. Juvenile silver catfish (Rhamdia quelen) and grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) with average weights of 10.14±0.70g and 7.20±0.33g, respectively, were obtained from a local supplier and kept for one week for acclimation in 250L tanks. The fish were given a diet of commercial feed with 28.0% crude protein ZEPPENFELD et al. (2014). Juveniles were fed once a day, at 8:00 a.m. at a ratio of 5.0% body mass. Juveniles were fasted for a period of 24h prior to experiments. Water parameters were checked daily (temperature, pH and dissolved oxygen) or weekly (alkalinity, hardness, total ammonia and nitrite) as described by ZEPPENFELD et al., (2014). Water parameters remained stable and in the desired range throughout the experimental period. Temperature was maintained at 23.20±0.20°C, pH at 7.00±0.01, dissolved oxygen at 6.50±0.40mg/L, hardness at 23.0±1.7mg CaCO₃/L, alkalinity at 41.0±0.7mg CaCO₃/L, nitrite at 0.05±0.01mg/L, total ammonia at 0.81±0.60mg/L and non-ionized ammonia at 0.0053±0.0500mg/L.

Plant material and essential oil extraction

EO analysis was performed on a GCMS-QP2010 Ultra system (Shimadzu Corporation, Tokyo, Japan) equipped with an AOC-20i auto-injector and the GCMS-Solution software containing the Adams, NIST11 and FFNSC2 libraries. Rxi-5ms (30mx0.25mm; 0.25μm film thickness) silica capillary column (Restek Corporation, Bellefonte, PA, USA) was used. Conditions of analysis were: injector temperature of 250°C; oven temperature programming of 60-240°C (3°C/min); helium as carrier gas, adjusted at a linear velocity of 36.5cm/s (rate of 1.0mL/min); injection in the split mode of 1μl of the sample (2μL of the essential oil in 500μL of hexane); split ratio 1:20; ionization by electronic impact at 70 eV; ionization source and transfer line temperatures of 200°C and 250°C, respectively. Mass spectra were obtained by automatic scanning every 0.3s, with mass fragments in the range of 35-400m/z. Retention index was calculated for all volatile components using a homologous series of C8-C20 n-alkanes (Sigma-Aldrich), according to the linear equation of VAN DEN DOOL and KRATZ (1963). Quantitative data regarding the volatile constituents were obtained by peak-area normalization using a Shimadzu GC 2010 Ultra system, coupled to FID Detector, operated under similar conditions as the GC-MS system except nitrogen was used as carrier gas. Constituents were identified by comparing their retention indices and mass spectra (molecular mass and fragmentation pattern) with those existing in the GCMS-Solution system libraries, and also with spectra from literature (ADAMS, 2007).

Anesthesia induction and recovery

After the acclimation period, fish were transferred to tanks containing 1L of water and EO of O. micranthum at concentrations of 25, 50, 100, 200 and 300µL/L, previously dissolved in ethanol [1:10]. Grass carp were also exposed to the highest concentration of ethanol used to dilute the EO. This ethanol concentration did not have any sedative or anesthetic effect in silver catfish (SOUZA et al., 2017). Ten fish were used to evaluate anesthetic induction times in each concentration, each fish being used only once. Induction of anesthesia was evaluated according to an adaptation of the stages described in SMALL (2003): Stage 1 - sedation (decreased response to external stimuli), Stage 2 - slight anesthesia (partial loss of equilibrium; erratic swimming) and Stage 3 - deep anesthesia (total loss of equilibrium and no reaction to caudal peduncle pressure). Maximum observation time was 30min. After the induction tests, fish were transferred to anesthetic free aquaria for checking recovery time. Fish were considered recovered when they presented normal swimming behavior and were responsiveness to external stimuli.

Statistical analyses

To verify the homogeneity of variances, all data were submitted to Levene’s test. Evaluation of anesthetic activity was performed by regression analysis (concentration of the EO x time to induce sedation, slight and deep anesthesia, or recovery) using the Sigma Plot 11.0 software. When no significant relationship was reported, concentrations were compared by one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s post hoc test using the Statistica software 7.0. Differences were considered significant at P<0.05. Data are presented as the mean±SEM.

RESULTS:

The major components of EO Ocimum micranthum were determined to be methyl chavicol (58.2 %) and linalool (29.8%).

The increased EO concentrations of O. micranthum proportionally decreased the time required for light and deep anesthesia in silverfish and carp. Time to induce sedation also decreased at higher concentrations, but the relationship was significant only for grass carp. No significant relationship was observed between concentration and time required for recovery in both species. Fish of both species submitted to 25μL/L did not reach the slight or deep anesthesia stages during the 30min. observation. Silver catfish exposed 50μL/L EO O. micranthum showed slower recovery than those exposed to 100 and 200μL/L (Table 1). However, grass carp exposed to 50μL/L presented faster recovery than those exposed to 100 and 200μL/L (Table 2). Ethanol did not provoke any sedative or anesthetic effect in grass carps. There was no mortality during the trial period.

Table 1
Relationship between the essential oil concentration of Ocimum micranthum and the time required to reach each stage of anesthetic induction and recovery in Rhamdia quelen. x=concentration of essential oil (μL/L); y=time required for the stages of anesthetic induction in seconds. Different letters in the column “Recovery” indicate significant difference between concentrations. Evaluation of anesthetic activity was performed by regression analysis (concentration of the EO x time to induce sedation, slight and deep anesthesia, or recovery). When no significant relationship was reported, concentrations were compared by one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey's post hoc test. Differences were considered significant at P<0.05. Data are presented as the mean±SEM.

	Sedation	Slightanesthesia	Deepanesthesia	Recovery
25µL/L	163.30±13.79a	-	-	-
50µL/L	121.60±11.39a	483.33±8.49	1361.20±97.36	227.50±7.20a
100µL/L	50.90±4.84b	182.80±12.82	686.80±92.51	82.89±19.49b
200µL/L	42.45±1.63b	60.00±2.53	89.73±4.03	92.09±10.01b
300µL/L	42.89±1.16b	68.70±4.27	119.20±9.64	200.70±22.47ab
	$\mathrm{y}=-52.0+(26077.48/\mathrm{x})$			$\mathrm{y}=211.023+(78964.55/\mathrm{x})$
	---------------------------r² = 0.9583-------------------------			-------------------------------r²=0.8751---------------------------------

Table 2
Relationship between the essential oil concentration of Ocimum micranthum and the time required to reach each stage of anesthetic induction and recovery in Ctenopharyngodon idella. x=concentration of essential oil (μL/L); y=time required for the stages of anesthetic induction in seconds. Different letters in the column “Recovery” indicated significant difference between concentrations. Evaluation of anesthetic activity was performed by regression analysis (concentration of the EO x time to induce sedation, slight and deep anesthesia, or recovery). When no significant relationship was reported, concentrations were compared by one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey's post hoc test. Differences were considered significant at P<0.05. Data are presented as the mean±SEM.

25µL/L	Sedation	Slightanesthesia	Deepanesthesia	Recovery
	903.60±76.98	-	-	-
50µL/L	147.44±11.61	324.10±21.09	704.80±58.2	40.56±4.96a
100µL/L	60.70±2.43	121.40±3.95	108.44±8.82	67.80±4.99ab
200µL/L	51.90±2.46	97.70±3.55	114.06±4.11	142.50±10.03b
300µL/L	41.40±1.55	68.44±1.89	103.40±3.38	162.90±14.84b
$\mathrm{y}=-124.5405+(23352.7995/\mathrm{x})$		$\mathrm{y}=15.7675+(14353.8272/\mathrm{x})$	$\mathrm{y}=-387.3652+(96399.7606/\mathrm{x}$
---------------------r²=0.8083-------------------		-----------------r²=0.7757--------------	------------------------r²=0.8386------------------------

DISCUSSION:

Methylchavicol and linalool are the main compounds of the EO of O. micranthum. Similar results were reported by OLIVEIRA et al. (2013). Methylchavicol, or estragole, is a natural constituent of a number of plants, including tarragon (Artemisia dracunculus), sweet basil (Ocimum canum) and sweet fennel (Pimpinella anisum), and their EOs have been widely used in foodstuffs as flavoring agents (VINCENZI et al., 2000).

The efficacy of a fish anesthetic depends on short latency time (approximately three min.) and rapid recovery of the fish (approximately five min.) (MARKING & MEYER, 1985). The recommended concentrations for deep anesthesia are 200μL/L for silver catfish and 100μL/L for grass carp, because they induce deep anesthesia in less than three min and recovery in less than five min. However, to maintain the fish only sedated (Stage 1) for a long period, as in fish transport for some hours, the concentration indicated is 25μL/L for both species.

Similar results for anesthetic induction of silver catfish were found using other EOs, such as of Lippia alba, chemotype linalool (300mg/L) (CUNHA et al., 2010). Linalool, one of the main compounds of the EO of O. micranthum, was used in Cyprinus carpio (753μLL^-1 L) to induce deep anesthesia within three min (MIRGHAED et al., 2016).

The EO of O. micranthum has demonstrated anti-nociceptive effects in mice, and pretreatment with naloxone did not reverse the anti-nociception, indicating that the opioid system is not involved (LINO et al., 2005). Estragole (methylchavicol) presents some controversial results regarding its mutagenicity and carcinogenic effect. However, the formation of hepatic DNA adducts in vivo and in vitro by metabolites of estragole has been demonstrated (VINCENZI et al., 2000). The authors reported that in order to better assess the risk associated with exposure to estragole long-term carcinogenicity studies and a wide range of dose levels are needed.

CONCLUSION:

The EO of O. micranthum leaves could be considered an effective anesthetic for silver catfish and grass carp, since induction and recovery occur rapidly and safely without causing mortality to fish. However, analysis of the EO constituents showed the presence of estragole (methylchavicol) as one of the major components and this compound has carcinogenic potential. Therefore, the EO of O. micranthum is not recommended for fish anesthesia.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors thank Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), Brazil, process for financial support Bernardo Baldisseroto, process 302076/2017-4 for financial support of Mauro Alves da Cunha and Marisa Teresinha de Bastos Brasil. Carla Cristina Zeppenfeld received a support of Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES). This study was financed in part by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - Brasil (CAPES) - Finance Code 001.

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  The experimental protocol was approved by the Ethical and Animal Welfare Committee of the Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM) under registration n 74/2014.

Publication Dates

• Publication in this collection
  2019

History

• Received
  16 Mar 2018
• Accepted
  05 Dec 2018
• Reviewed
  23 Jan 2019