Broomrapes (Orobanche and Phelipanche species) are holoparasitic weeds that infect roots of crop hosts from Asteraceae, Brassicaceae, Apiaceae, Fabaceae, Solanaceae. The parasitic difficult to control selectively without damage once attached their roots. Identification natural compounds with herbicidal activity against pre-attached broomrape stages can provide alternatives. With the aim identif...

There is currently a growing interest in oils characterised by specific medicinal, cosmetic, or dietary properties. For this reason, the seeds of two plants, milk thistle (Silybum marianum Gaertn) and borage (Borago officinalis L.), were studied subjecting them to process cold pressing. The extracted then examined terms their chemical composition biological activity, qualitatively analysed with...

silymarin is a mixture of flavonolignans from the seeds of silybum marianum (l.) gaertner,containing silybinin, isosilybinin, silydianin, silychristin and the dihydroflavonol of taxifolin. flavonolignancomponents are largely responsible for the medical benefits attributed to silymarin. the aim of this researchwas to study the variations in composition and content of flavonolignans of silymarin ...

In living beings, antioxidants are of vital importance for protection against oxidative damage caused by reactive oxygen species. Silymarin (SM), a plant-derived flavonoid present in the fruits and seeds milk thistle Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn., has recognized hepatoprotective effect. this work, vitro silymarin antioxidant effect on non-enzymatic peroxidation (NEP) chicken liver mitochondria ...

background & aim: aflatoxin (af) is the most important fungus that contaminates food and feed and can enter the food chain of humans. the aim of this study was to investigate the ability of thistle seeds (silybum marianum l.) to reduce the adverse effects of aflatoxin b1 (afb1) on the immune system, variables related to the intestine, appearance and mortality of the broiler chickens. exper...