The ethnopharmacology of Madeira and Porto Santo Islands is extremely interesting because of the cultural and biogeographic features of this region, which make it a centre of medicinal plant diversity (richness of endemic flora, geographical isolation in the Atlantic sea, crosscultural influences, and past abundance of local healers). The medicinal flora of Madeira is composed of 259 species. S...

Synergistic activity of Salvia officinalis and Cichorium intybus extracts and commonly used antibiotics, amoxicillin and chloramphenicol, were evaluated. Interactions between plant extracts and antibiotics were tested by checkerboard method and interpreted as FIC index. Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 25923, Escherichia coli ATCC 25922, Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 27853 and clinical isolates Staphyl...

The genus Cichorium (Asteraceae) is made up of six species with major geographical presence in Europe and Asia. Cichorium intybus, commonly known as chicory, is well known as a coffee substitute but is also widely used medicinally to treat various ailments ranging from wounds to diabetes. Although this plant has a rich history of use in folklore, many of its constituents have not been explored ...

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...

BACKGROUND The present study was undertaken to analyze the phytochemical content and biological activity of Cichorium intybus seeds traditionally used in Charsadda, Pakistan against multidrug resistant (MDR) bacterial pathogens. OBJECTIVES This study explored the qualitative and quantitative antibacterial potential of C. intybus. Further qualitative analysis of phytochemical content was perfo...

The Cichorium plant is considered one of the medicinal plants that have been known since ancient times, as Egyptians used it 4000 years ago, they believed in its important role treating heart and liver diseases. scientific name Chicory (Cichorium intybus L.) a part Asteraceae family (the tribe Lactuceae)., so current study aims to know effect biologically active substances on biochemical change...