[USPRwire, Mon May 13 2019] Most recently, inulin, an extract from the
chicory plant, commonly called as chicory extract has gained popularity in the food market as a source of healthy dietary fiber and as a natural sweetener with a sweetening power of 10% that of sucrose.
In some countries, parts of the
chicory plant are used as ethnoveterinary remedy for bodily ailments and disorders and for prophylactic purposes in both humans and livestock [4, 5].
The medicinal qualities of all the parts of the
chicory plant have been known for centuries.
"And then I looked down, and growing in the concrete was this
chicory plant. And I thought, `My God, that's it.
Nitrogen was applied adjacent to the crop row once the
chicory plant reached the four-leaf growth stage.
The
chicory plant has long been known for its digestive benefits for humans, who eat its leaves, endive, in salads and drink it as a coffee substitute.
The
chicory plant is tap-rooted, similar to a carrot, and produces a rosette of basal leaves.
The chromatographic method profiled eight molecules belonging to families of major soluble secondary metabolites of
chicory plant and is conducted with one extraction and one analysis.
The
chicory plant is a stately flower with ocean blue petals.
Eventually, the gods took pity on the young maiden and turned her into a
chicory plant whose blooms are the blue of her departed sailor's clothes.
Conflicting data have been reported regarding the superiority of methanol extracts over chloroform and water extracts in
chicory plants. While some investigators have indicated the superiority of the methanol extract and recommended its use [24], other researchers have declared that aqueous extracts showed the highest antimicrobial activity against some microorganisms [25, 26].
chicory plant - perennial Old World herb having rayed flower heads with blue florets cultivated for its root and its heads of crisp edible leaves used in salads