Therapeutic or medicinal plants are very beneficial for economic and therapeutic purposes. These plants contain active constituents which are used for the rehabilitation of many human diseases. These constituents are isolated and used against various pathogens[1,2]. Cichorium intybus (C. intybus ) seeds have been successfully used in Ayurvedic and Unani systems of medicine. It is one of the imp...

This study aimed to evaluate the phytochemical features of medicinal species Asteraceae family, their mineral elements, antioxidants, vitamins, and amino acids. The studied included common yarrow (Achillea millefolium L.), chicory (Cichorium intybus German chamomile (Chamomilla recutita (L.) Rauschert) collected in Ile Alatau Mountain (Trans-Ili Alatau), Kazakhstan. plants were harvested July 2...

Modern and sustainable production of safe and healthy high quality vegetables for human consumption is nowadays the goal of many producers. Chicory (Cichorium intybus L.) has become an important crop used as food in many countries over the past decade. In this work fi eld and glasshouse trials were conducted to compare phenolic profi les of hydroponically forced leaves and leaves produced as co...

Some wild Mediterranean plants used as traditional food are an extraordinary source of antioxidants. We tested some properties of 10 of these herbaceous plants, used in Liguria (Northwest Italy) to prepare a traditional dish known as "prebuggiun." A total of 9 of them were found to have a polyphenol content and antioxidant properties similar or better than those of red chicory and blueberry, wh...

Alimurgic species are edible wild plants growing spontaneously as invasive weeds in natural grassland and farmed fields. Growing interest in biodiversity conservation projects suggests deeper study of the multifunctional roles they can play in metal uptake for phytoremediation and their food safety when cultivated in polluted land. In this study, the responses of the tap-rooted perennial specie...

This study focuses on the preventive effects of aqueous extract of Cichorium intybus (CIE) on streptozotocin (STZ) induced β-cell damage. Pancreatic β-cells or islet were treated with STZ in presence and absence of Cichorium intybus and the inhibitory effect of it against STZ toxicity were determined in RINm5F (RIN) rat insulinoma cells. Cell viability, Nitric oxide production and Insulin secre...