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In the present study, we evaluated the effects of a medicinal plant leaf extract (MPLE; 10%, ursolic acid, 3% other triterpenic compounds; 2% verbascoside and < 1% polyphenols) obtained from Lippia citriodora and Salvia officinalis on somatic growth and immune responses in juvenile gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata). Fish (initial body weight = 26.0 ± 0.1 g) were fed two isoproteic (48% crude protein, 7% fishmeal), isolipidic (17% crude fat) and isoenergetic diets (21.7 MJ/kg), one of them containing 0.1% MPLE. Both diets were tested using four replicate tanks during 92 days. At the end of the trial, a significant increase in growth was observed in fish fed the diet containing the additive in comparison to fish fed the control diet (189.6 ± 2.5 g vs. 173.8 ± 4.1 g, respectively; P < 0.05). Specific growth rates (SGR) in fish fed the feed supplemented with 0.1% MPLE were significantly higher than in fish …