OBJECTIVES Considering the positive effects of certain nutrients on depression, increasingly prevalent in the contemporary societies, we investigated the nutritional content of prescribed and prohibited foodstuffs for depressed patients in Iranian Traditional Medicine resources. MATERIALS AND METHODS In order to conduct the study, credible sources of Iranian Traditional Medicine were primaril...

Chicory and lucerne possess high feed value for poultry being good sources of protein fiber. In addition, they are rich in polyphenols that help the body build an integrated antioxidant system to prevent damage from free radicals positively modulate microbial populations gastrointestinal tract. These health-promoting effects depend on their bioaccessibility absorption animal body. The present p...

Nutrient-efficient plants and agricultural systems could tackle issues resulting from conventional agriculture. Spiny chicory (Cichorium spinosum L.), a very adaptive, wild edible vegetable, is gaining commercial interest as functional food. Floating-raft hydroponics method commonly used for the cultivation of leafy vegetables due to numerous advantages compared soil cultivation. In this paper,...

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...

Chicory (Cichorium intybus) is known to contain guaianolides, eudesmanolides, and germacranolides. These sesquiterpene lactones are postulated to originate from a common germacranolide, namely (+)-costunolide. Whereas a pathway for the formation of germacra-1(10),4,11(13)-trien-12-oic acid from farnesyl diphosphate had previously been established, we now report the isolation of an enzyme activi...