Nutrition And Food In Health And Disease

en Effect of dietary supplementation with Mentha pulegium and Rosmarinus officinalis on carcass characteristics, oxidative stability and quality of Japanese quail breast meat Food Science Food Science پژوهشي Research Background and Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of dietary supplementation with Mentha pulegium and Rosmarinus officinalis on the carcass characteristics, physicochemical properties, color, texture and oxidative stability of Japanese quail breast meat. Materials and Methods: 120 Japanese quails were divided into 4 treatments and 3 replications including T1: basic diet (control), T2: basic diet + M. pulegium (1.5%), T3: basic diet + R. officinalis (1.5%) and T4: basic diet + M. pulegium (1.5%) + R. officinalis (1.5%). Results: The results showed there was no significant difference in breast and thigh weight, pH, dry matter, ash, cooking loss and vitamin E content among the treatments. Live weight, protein and fat contents, redness (a*), yellowness (b*), phenol and carotenoid contents of all treatments increased significantly (P<0.05) in comparison to control. Supplementation of diet with M. pulegium and R. officinalis individually or in combination significantly reduced TBARS, lightness (L*) and hardness compared to control (P<0.05). Conclusions: The results revealed that supplementation of diet with M. pulegium and R. officinalis improved the protein and fat contents, color and oxidative stability of Japanese quail breast meat.   Breast meat quality, Dietary supplementation, Mentha pulegium, Oxidative stability, Rosmarinus officinalis 13 20 http://nfsr.sbmu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1021-2&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Fatemeh Sheikhsamani f.samani1374@gmail.com 10031947532846005799 10031947532846005799 No Department of Food Hygiene, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Amol University of Special Modern Technologies, Amol, Iran Razieh Partovi dvmr.partovi@ut.ac.ir 10031947532846005800 10031947532846005800 Yes Department of Food Hygiene, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Amol University of Special Modern Technologies, Amol, Iran Saeed Seifi s.seifi@ausmt.ac.ir 10031947532846005801 10031947532846005801 No Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Amol University of Special Modern Technologies, Amol, Iran Maryam Azizhkani m.azizkhani@ausmt.ac.ir 10031947532846005802 10031947532846005802 No Department of Food Hygiene, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Amol University of Special Modern Technologies, Amol, Iran