The artichoke (Cynara scolymus) belongs to Asteraceae family. It is included in British and European Pharmacopeia has long–used traditional medicine several countries. plant primarily grows North Africa Mediterranean; addition, it cultivated around the world. Artichoke wildly distributed Iraq at watery lines boundary of field. aim study was induce callus from leaves as explants, compare between...

The enzymatic hydrolysis of the major whey proteins, namely b-lactoglobulin (b-Lg) and a-lactalbumin (a-La), was experimentally studied using whey as substrate; an aspartic protease (cardosin A), previously extracted from the flowers of Cynara cardunculus and purified by gel filtration and ion exchange chromatographies, was used for this purpose. Sweet whey was incubated for 24 h at various enz...

Background: Cynara cardunculus L. var. altilis (DC) is a plant generally associated as an ingredient in the Mediterranean diet. The polyphenols present this provide pharmacological and nutritional properties. C. has been used throughout animal studies, which demonstrated anti-inflammatory effect. Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) chronic inflammatory disorder of gastrointestinal tract. Since the...