Yüzyıllardır bilinen ve beğenilerek tüketilen enginarın (Cynara Scolymus); hem Eski Yunan’da de Roma’da nadir bulunan kıymetli bir sebze olduğu bilinmektedir. Enginar ürünleri, kardiyovasküler, hepatik mide hastalıkları gibi çeşitli durumlar için potansiyel fitoterapötik ajanlar olarak kabul edilmiştir. Bu derlemenin amacı, olası sağlık etkilerine dair mevcut literatür kanıtlarının incelemesini...

Cynara genus, originating from the Mediterranean area, includes globe artichoke (Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus L) and cardoon (Cynara cardunculus var. altilis DC). Traditionally these crops have long been used as food and medicine. Nowadays, they are considered as functional foods, owing to their nutritional properties. Artichoke has exhibited hepatoprotective and antioxidative activities, a...

Piriformospora indica, a cultivable root colonizing endophytic fungus of Sebacinales, promotes plant growth and confers resistance against biotic and abiotic stress. The fungus has also the ability to colonize the roots of many varieties of plant species. The goal of present study was to clarify the colonization ability of P.indica in artichoke roots and the respond of plant to water stress. Re...

Piriformospora indica, a cultivable root colonizing endophytic fungus of Sebacinales, promotes plant growth and confers resistance against biotic and abiotic stress. The fungus has also the ability to colonize the roots of many varieties of plant species. The goal of present study was to clarify the colonization ability of P.indica in artichoke roots and the respond of plant to water stress. Re...