The role of medicinal plants on the immune system of fishes

In recent years, the use of medicinal plants to prevent disease has become a common alternative to antibiotics in aquaculture. Herbal products have attracted more attention due to their special properties, such as less damage to the environment, availability and cheapness, as well as the possibility of large-scale cultivation. Increasing bacterial resistance to commercial antibiotics has increased the tendency to use plants to stimulate the immune system. Medicinal plants play an important role in strengthening the function of the aquatic immune system and effectively reduce the cost of Fish farming with antiviral and antibacterial activities. In this review article, we review the role of medicinal plants in the immune system of fish, during which several related articles have been evaluated in recent years.