China Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine ›› 2023, Vol. 50 ›› Issue (10): 4035-4044.doi: 10.16431/j.cnki.1671-7236.2023.10.017

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Biological Function of Cinnamaldehyde and Its Application in Livestock and Poultry Breeding

CHEN Lele, LIU Fengcheng, GONG Fanwen, ZHI Kexin, SHI Mingkun, LI Zezheng, HE Jianhua   

  1. College of Animal Science and Technology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410125, China
  • Received:2023-03-09 Online:2023-10-05 Published:2023-09-26

Abstract: Cinnamaldehyde is the main active ingredient of essential oil extracted from cinnamon and other plants.Due to different areas,varieties and parts,the main components of cinnamaldehyde will also be different,but the main components are trans-cinnamaldehyde.Cinnamaldehyde has a variety of biological functions:It can bacteriostasis by destroying the permeability of bacterial cell membrane,inhibiting cell membrane synthesis and bacterial cell division,reducing the energy source of bacteria and so on.It can exert antioxidant effect by activating antioxidant enzyme system and apoptosis pathway in the body and removing excess oxygen-containing free radicals.It plays an anti-inflammatory role by inhibiting a variety of inflammatory signaling pathways and reducing the expression of inflammatory factors in the body.It can play a role in regulating glucose and lipid metabolism by regulating peroxisome proliferator activated receptor-γ (PPAR-γ) or Amp-activated protein kinase (AMPK) signaling pathways,promoting insulin secretion and reducing lipid accumulation.Cinnamaldehyde,as a kind of aromatic aldehyde plant essential oil,has been gradually applied in livestock and poultry production.In pig production,the addition of cinnamaldehyde can relieve diarrhea and oxidative stress of piglets,improve performance,immune and antioxidant capacity of growing-finishing pigs.In the production of cattle and sheep,the addition of cinnamaldehyde can regulate rumen microbial protein synthesis and fermentation system and improve feed digestibility.In poultry production,the addition of cinnamaldehyde can improve intestinal health,growth performance and meat quality,and enhance immunity and antioxidant function.In this paper,the physicochemical properties and biological functions of cinnamaldehyde were firstly reviewed,then the application of cinnamaldehyde in the production of pigs,cattle,sheep,poultry and other livestock was described,and finally the prospects of cinnamaldehyde were summarized,in order to provide reference for the scientific application of cinnamaldehyde in livestock breeding and rational development in livestock feed.

Key words: cinnamaldehyde; bacteriostatic; antioxidant; anti-inflammatory; glycolipid metabolism; livestock and poultry breeding

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