Superior growth performance in carp fry achieved with chitosan-alginate encapsulated A-ghrelin versus free peptide: Evidence from physiological, molecular, and morphological analyses

• Mohammad Matinfar ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Mohammad Matinfar, AbdolMajid Valipour

  Roles Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran

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• Behrooz Heidari ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Bheidari@guilan.ac.ir

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0703-6666

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• AbdolMajid Valipour ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Mohammad Matinfar, AbdolMajid Valipour

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran

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• Tahereh Rahdari ,

  Roles Formal analysis

  ¶‡ TR, SR, MH, and SMA also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

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• Sorour Ramezanpour ,

  Roles Resources

  ¶‡ TR, SR, MH, and SMA also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Peptide Chemistry Research Center, K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3901-0391

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• Mahvash Hadavi ,

  Roles Methodology, Resources

  ¶‡ TR, SR, MH, and SMA also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran

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• S. Mohsen Asghari

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ TR, SR, MH, and SMA also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0782-6687

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