Because weevils are used as biocontrol agents against thistles, it is important to document and understand host shifts and the evolution of host-specificity in these insects. Furthermore, such host shifts are of fundamental interest to mechanisms of speciation. The mediterranean weevil Larinus cynarae normally parasitizes either one of two thistle genera, Onopordum and Cynara, being locally mon...

BACKGROUND Diabetes mellitus (DM) is associated with hyperglycemia, inflammatory disorders and abnormal lipid profiles, currently the extracts from leaves of cynara scolymus has been discovered to treat metabolic disorders and has been stated by multitudinous scientists according to a good source of polyphenols compounds. The present study aimed to evaluate the protective effect of the ethanol ...

High-dose aqueous extracts from artichoke leaves were found to inhibit cholesterol biosynthesis from 14C-acetate in primary cultured rat hepatocytes in a concentration-dependent biphasic manner with moderate inhibition (approximately 20%) between 0.007 and 0.1 mg/ml and more strong inhibition at 1 mg/ml. Cytotoxic effects detected by lactate dehydrogenase leakage and the 3-[4, 5-dimethylthiazol...

The artichoke (Cynara scolymus) belongs to Asteraceae family. It is included in British and European Pharmacopeia has long–used traditional medicine several countries. plant primarily grows North Africa Mediterranean; addition, it cultivated around the world. Artichoke wildly distributed Iraq at watery lines boundary of field. aim study was induce callus from leaves as explants, compare between...

Abstact. In this study, the effect of “Zamin-M” biopreparation on content some macronutrients, microelements and flavonoids in leaf extract thorny artichoke ( Cynara scolymus L ) belonging to family Asteraceae was determined by 4 different factors: control, mineral fertilizer, biopreparation, study fertilizer. The order decreasing concentration macro-microelements control variant changed for K&...

The objective of this study was the investigation of a potential influence of artichoke leaf extract (ALE) on the cell physiology and gene expression of phase I/II enzymes of human liver cells HepG2 and investigation on potential cell protective effects against ethanol-induced cell toxicity against HepG2 cells. Cell biological assays under in vitro conditions using HepG2 liver cells and investi...