In this study, we aim to demonstrate, separately, the hepatoprotective activity of the total ethanolic extract as well as the defatted ethanolic extract of Cichorium intybus L., using adult Wister albino rats (120-170 g) as the experimental animals. The total as well as the defatted alcoholic extracts of Cichorium intybus L., seeds possess significant hepatoprotective activity; which may be att...

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...

Chicory plant (Cichorium intybus) belongs to Asteraceae family and contains flavonoids. This research carried out in order to evaluate the effect of chicory plant on the activities of bifidobacterium bifidum and lactobacillus acidophilus. Four containers containing a liter of 1.5 % sterilized skim milk were selected as four group in order to produce milk cont...

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...

background & aim: organophosphates are frequently used as insecticides in households, in agricultural areas and veterinary, thus posing a risk for accidental dermal exposure or through inhalation. acute organophosphate poisoning causes thousands of human mortalities each year in developing countries.   material & methods: this study carried out to study an antitoxic effect of endemic ir...

soil and water sources salinity are important constrains which threat the sustainable agriculture production in iran. in order to evaluate the effect of different antioxidants and salinity levels on germination and seedling properties of two medicinal species (cnicus benedictus l.), and (cichorium intybus l.), an experiment was conducted using a factorial based on completely randomized design w...

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...