Cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes are widely studied for their involvement in metabolism of drugs and endogenous compounds. In porcine liver, CYP1A2, 2A and 2E1 are important for the metabolism of skatole. Feeding chicory roots to pigs is known to decrease the skatole concentration in plasma and fat. In the present study we investigated the effect of chicory on CYP mRNA and protein expression, as w...

Endive (Cichorium endivia L.) and chicory (C. intybus L.) both have 2n = 18, but until now, there has been no detailed karyomorphological characterization. The present work evaluated five accessions of each species using FISH with rDNA probes and fluorochrome staining with CMA and DAPI. Both species presented distinct banding patterns after fluorochrome staining: while endive had proximal CMA(+...

Cichorium intybus L. (Asteraceae) is one of the most widely used medicinal plants globally. The plant species great economic interest due to its high content secondary metabolites. present study was performed compare GC/MS-based metabolic profiles and total phenolic micropropagated wild-growing plants. An optimized protocol for in vitro multiplication C. using stem segments from raised seedling...

Cichorium intybus is commonly known as Chicory, kasani. It a recognized medicinal plant that belongs to the Asteraceae family. This well-known traditional herb used in various systems like Ayurveda, Unani and Siddha system treat variety of diseases ranging from wounds diabetes. The species native European region (Mediterranean region) but can also grow temperate semi-arid regions. juice extract...