The study was planned to determine the comparative efficacy of leaf extract of Azadirachta indica, Cichorium intybus and Moringa oleifera, on haematology, intestinal histomorphology and nutrient digestibility in broilers. Day old broiler chicks (n=180) purchased from a commercial hatchery were reared in a group for one week (adaptation period). At day 8, these birds were individually weighed an...

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...

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 containing probiotic bifidobacterium bif...

hairy root systems are formed by transforming plant tissues with the “natural genetic engineer” agrobacterium rhizogenes. in most plants such as cichorium intybus l., hairy root cultures have proven to be an efficient system for secondary metabolites production. the effect of zinc (znso4), a heavy metal, was investigated at different concentrations (0, 1, 5 and 10 mm) on some secondary metaboli...

in the present study, chicory root powder (crp) as growth promoter at 1% and 3% levels was supplemented in broilers’ diet to investigate the growth performance and histo-morphometry of jejunum. one hundred twenty, one-day-old male broilers were used in a completely randomized design (crd) with 3 treatments and 4 replicates (10 chicks per replicate). at the end of each period (0-10, 11-24 and 0-...

Using herbal drugs is the common way for treatment of diseases in traditional and alternative medicine. These drugs have important role and strong cultural background among people in treatment of hyper-billirubinemia. It is necessary to evaluate the effect of herbal drugs by scientific methods. The goal of this study is evaluation the effect of common herbal drugs used in management of neonatal...

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...