The aim of this study was to investigate whether a L-carnitine, choline, artichoke leaf extract and sorbitol combination (Hepabial Carnitine ® ) supplied by drinking water would influence broiler performance under stress induced by high stocking density (18 chicks per square meter). A total of 270 1-dayold male broiler chicks (Avian Farm) were randomly distributed into 2 groups (Hepabial Carnit...

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...

Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus L.) has long been cultivated as a vegetable and as a source of fructans (inulin) for pharmaceutical applications in diabetes and obesity prevention. However, transcriptomic and genomic data for Jerusalem artichoke remain scarce. In this study, Illumina RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) was performed on samples from Jerusalem artichoke leaves, roots, stems and tw...

background: several herbal remedies are used in traditional medicine for treatment of liver disorders, but their efficacy, safety, and dosage have not been investigated so far. objective: the present study was aimed to evaluate the liver protective effects of medicinal herbs extracts such as cynara scolymus leave (artichok), cichorium intybus roots (chichory), taraxacum officinale root (dandeli...

Traditional farming practices include the use of local agricultural by-products in the diet of ruminants. Artichoke harvesting and transformation yield high amounts of by-products that, if properly used, may reduce farming costs and the environmental impact of farming. The present study tests the inclusion of silages from artichoke by-products (plant and outer bracts) in the diet of dairy goats...

Micropropagation techniques have been widely applied in globe artichoke (C. cardunculus L. var. scolymus), however, efficient protocols for the establishment of in vitro callogenesis and organogenesis, a pre-requisite for Agrobacteriummediated genetic transformation, have not been set up so far. We developed an efficient protocol for callus induction from leaf explants of three globe artichoke ...

This study evaluated the effect of phosphorus and potassium (PK) fertilizer levels foliar seaweed extract on early total yield productivity growth globe artichoke plants. Field experiments were conducted over two seasons loamy–clay soil at vegetable research farm, Faculty Agriculture, Alexandria University, Egypt. Fertilizer 0, 25, 50 75 mL L−1, concentrations 5 10 mg individually in combinatio...

In this work, artichoke fibers were used for the first time to prepare poly(lactic acid) (PLA)-based biocomposites. In particular, two PLA/artichoke composites with the same fiber loading (10% w/w) were prepared by the film-stacking method: the first one (UNID) reinforced with unidirectional long artichoke fibers, the second one (RANDOM) reinforced by randomly-oriented long artichoke fibers. Bo...