1.Metabolism of chicoric acid by rat liver microsomes and bioactivity comparisons of chicoric acid and its metabolites Q Liu, Y Wang, CX Xiao, W Wu, X Liu - Food & function, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org … 11–14 Moreover, chicoric acid has showed anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial, anti-HIV activities, hypoglycemic and hepatocyte protective properties … Rat liver microsomes were obtained from CHI Scientific, Inc. (Massachusetts, USA)