this experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of various levels of cichorium intybus andcopper on performance and egg yolk cholesterol. total of 324 layer hens (hy-line w-36) were used in arandomized complete blocks with nine treatments, three replications of 12 birds in each from 38 to 50weeks of age. experimental diets include control, four levels of copper (150, 200, 250 and 300 m...

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...

Cichorium intybus and Portulaca oleracea plants native to the north Africa, especially in Egypt have been chosen for such study due their importance both as food medical treating several common diseases. The present analyzes chemical phytochemical constituentes of evaluates therapeutic roles on liver, kidney functions complete blood count H2O2 intoxicated rats. Six groups experimental anima...

Purpose: To evaluate the acticonvulsant activity of Cichorium intybus (C. intybus) and Taraxacum serotinum (T. serotinum) in maximal electroshock (MES), as well as pentylenetetrazole (PTZ)and strychnine nitrate (STN) induced seizure models in rats. Methods: For each model, 8 groups of Swiss albino rats (n=10) were used. The 1st group was kept as control, 2nd as standard (diazepam, 7.5 mg/kg); 3...

The well known medicinal plant, Cichorium intybus L. (Asteraceae) contains dietary oligofructose compounds which have beneficial effect on carbohydrate and lipid metabolism, other compounds e.g. polyphenol type derivatives could be responsible for the antioxidant properties reported in several studies before. Male Fischer rats were kept on normal and lipid rich diet supplemented with chicory ex...

This study was carried out to evaluate the antimicrobial and antioxidant effectiveness of methanolic extract and different fractions (n-butanol, ethyl acetate, chloroform and n-hexane) of C.intybus seeds. The antimicrobial activity was determined by the disc diffusion method and minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) against a panel of microorganisms (four bacterial strains, i.e. P. multocida, ...

Due to the side effects of chemical drugs, the use of medicinal plants has increased in recent years. In this study, in order to select suitable medicinal plants for planting in the soil of Fars Science and Research Branch of Islamic Azad University, the seed germination characteristics of twenty medical plants were examined. These germination parameters include germination percentage, germinat...

The plant Cichorium intybus L., also known as Chicory, is found in different parts of the world and has a rich phytochemical composition. Within its spectrum action, been studied about performance against pathogenic microorganisms biofilm. Therefore, objective present study to realize literature review on antimicrobial antibiofilm actions species intybus. For this, searches were carried out dat...