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Article

Effects of Marigold and Paprika Extracts as Natural Pigments on Laying Hen Productive Performances, Egg Quality and Oxidative Stability

by
Cristina-Camelia Matache
1,2,
Gabriela Maria Cornescu
1,*,
Dumitru Drăgotoiu
2,
Ana Elena Cișmileanu
1,
Arabela Elena Untea
3,
Mihaela Sărăcilă
3 and
Tatiana Dumitra Panaite
1
1
Nutrition Physiology Department, National Research and Development Institute for Biology and Animal Nutrition, 077015 Balotesti, Ilfov, Romania
2
Faculty of Animal Productions Engineering and Management, University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, 59 B-dul Marasti, District 1, 011464 Bucharest, Romania
3
Food and Feed Quality Department, National Research and Development Institute for Biology and Animal Nutrition, 077015 Balotesti, Ilfov, Romania
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Agriculture 2024, 14(9), 1464; https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture14091464
Submission received: 14 May 2024 / Revised: 21 August 2024 / Accepted: 22 August 2024 / Published: 28 August 2024
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Rational Use of Feed to Promote Animal Healthy Feeding)
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Abstract

Enhancing the quality of eggs by using natural food sources has become a very important topic in the last decade. The objective of this study was to determine the influence of natural (marigold and paprika extracts) pigments on the shelf life of eggs from laying hens. This research was carried out for a 6-week period on 168 Lohmann Brown laying hens (45 weeks age) divided into four groups (C, E1, E2 and E3) to assess the performances, external and internal egg quality parameters, egg yolk color, and antioxidant profile. The control group (C) was fed a standard diet (16.39% PB, 2750 kcal EM/kg compound feed) and the experimental diets were supplemented with 0.07% marigold extract (E1), 0.07% paprika extract (E2), and a mixture containing 0.07% of both extracts (E3). In summary, the study demonstrated that adding natural pigments from marigold and paprika extract with highly antioxidant lipid capacity into the diets of laying hens improved egg quality when eggs were stored at 28 days, under both storage temperature conditions (4 °C and 20 °C).
Keywords: antioxidant capacity; eggs; lutein; marigold extract; natural pigments; paprika extract antioxidant capacity; eggs; lutein; marigold extract; natural pigments; paprika extract

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Matache, C.-C.; Cornescu, G.M.; Drăgotoiu, D.; Cișmileanu, A.E.; Untea, A.E.; Sărăcilă, M.; Panaite, T.D. Effects of Marigold and Paprika Extracts as Natural Pigments on Laying Hen Productive Performances, Egg Quality and Oxidative Stability. Agriculture 2024, 14, 1464. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture14091464

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Matache C-C, Cornescu GM, Drăgotoiu D, Cișmileanu AE, Untea AE, Sărăcilă M, Panaite TD. Effects of Marigold and Paprika Extracts as Natural Pigments on Laying Hen Productive Performances, Egg Quality and Oxidative Stability. Agriculture. 2024; 14(9):1464. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture14091464

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Matache, Cristina-Camelia, Gabriela Maria Cornescu, Dumitru Drăgotoiu, Ana Elena Cișmileanu, Arabela Elena Untea, Mihaela Sărăcilă, and Tatiana Dumitra Panaite. 2024. "Effects of Marigold and Paprika Extracts as Natural Pigments on Laying Hen Productive Performances, Egg Quality and Oxidative Stability" Agriculture 14, no. 9: 1464. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture14091464

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Matache, C.-C., Cornescu, G. M., Drăgotoiu, D., Cișmileanu, A. E., Untea, A. E., Sărăcilă, M., & Panaite, T. D. (2024). Effects of Marigold and Paprika Extracts as Natural Pigments on Laying Hen Productive Performances, Egg Quality and Oxidative Stability. Agriculture, 14(9), 1464. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture14091464

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