There are a number of medicinal combinations in the Iranian traditional medicine which are
commonly used as tonic for liver. In this review, we have introduced some medicinal plants …

This review article depicts the possible replacement of staple cereal sources with some
pseudocereals like Chia, Quinoa, Buckwheat, and Amaranth, which not only provide …

Nowadays, people's exposure to chemical compounds such as organophosphorus
insecticides is continuously on the rise more and more. Theses compounds have induced …

Cynara scolymus L.(Artichoke) has been used for the treatment of metabolic disorders. The
purpose of the present study was to investigate the hepatoprotective effect of Cynara …

Chicory polysaccharides (CP) from Cichorium intybus L. roots were extracted and
fractionated to isolate two novel polysaccharide fractions, CP-1 and CP-2. CP-1 is a …

Antioxidant activity is particularly important, since oxidation is an unavoidable reaction in all
living bodies. At present, natural antioxidants to be used on food as an alternative to …

Current evidence has shown antioxidant activity of artichoke as a potent source of
antioxidant compounds. However, it seems that the antioxidant activity of artichoke has not …

Our objective was to explore the protective effect of artichoke leaf extract (ALE) against
cadmium (Cd) toxicity-induced oxidative organ damage in rats. Male albino Wistar rats were …

Oxidative stress plays an important role as a mediator of damage produced by fructose
metabolism. This work was designed to investigate the effect of diet supplemented with …

Polydatin is one of main compounds in Polygonum cuspidatum, a plant with both medicinal
and nutritional value. The possible hepatoprotective effects of polydatin on acute liver injury …