Chicory is a perennial plant grown in different parts of the world, used as forage for livestock, as folklore remedies, or as a vegetable addition in human diets. There are several varieties of the chicory plant, known differently globally due to its numerous medicinal, culinary, and nutritional qualities. Most parts of the plant contain a potpourri of nutrients ranging within carbohydrates, pr...

The well known medicinal plant, Cichorium intybus L. (Asteraceae) contains dietary oligofructose compounds which have beneficial effect on carbohydrate and lipid metabolism, other compounds e.g. polyphenol type derivatives could be responsible for the antioxidant properties reported in several studies before. Male Fischer rats were kept on normal and lipid rich diet supplemented with chicory ex...

Forage chicory is a productive forage resource for eastern North America; however, many soils in the region are acidic and deficient in P and might restrict the widespread use of forage chicory. There is no published information on response of forage chicory to P, or P acquisition strategies for morphologically different chicory cultivars. The literature suggests the following null hypothesis: ...

background: accumulation of triglycerides in the liver i.e. steatosis, is a well-known side-effect of tamoxifen administration to patients suffering from breast cancer. cichoriumintybus (chicory) is a plant used as traditional medicine for curing liver disorders. in this study, the effects of extract prepared from chicory roots on tamoxifen-induced liver steatosis and related biochemical factor...

A 12-year-old hairy root culture of Cichorium intybus L., a callus culture of the plant as well as roots and leaves of a wild plant of chicory, and roots of two C. intybus L. var. sativum cultivars were examined in respect of their hydroxycinnamate and sesquiterpene lactone compositions and contents. Total phenolics and diphenylpicrylhydrazyl radical scavenging activity of the examined plant ti...

DOUDA O. (2005): Host range and growth of Stem and Bulb Nematode (Ditylenchus dipsaci) populations isolated from garlic and chicory. Plant Protect. Sci., 41: 104–108. Host range and growth of two Ditylenchus dipsaci (Stem and Bulb Nematode) populations on onion, garlic, leek, spinach and chicory were compared. Inoculation was conducted by placing a droplet of 1.5% CMC suspension containing nema...

As part of a study to evaluate alternative forages for farmed deer, we compared forage yields and quality of birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) and forage chicory (Cichorium intybus) with that of alfalfa (Medicago sativa) in north central Alberta, Canada. Despite similar plant densities among the three species, the foliar cover of chicory averaged 76%, 20% greater than alfalfa and 50% great...

chicory is a herbaceous plant which grows in many regions of iran such as tehran and chaloos road. the roots of chicory are succulent and its main root is 75 cm long. chicory is a herbaceous plant; its root, due to its inulin, is good for remedying diabetes. micorrhizs are effective on absorbing the elements of soil particularly phosphorus as well as increasing the growth of the plant, and they...

dwarf chicory (cichorium pumilum jacq.) is one of the annual species from chicory genus grows in western and southern parts of iran. to date no study on this species has been carried out under the field conditions. in order to determine the suitable planting date of dwarf chicory, an experiment was conducted in a split plot layout based on randomized complete block design with three replication...

The influence of pre-sowing treatments using hydropriming, osmopriming and halopriming in laboratory and/or nursery tests on seedling emergence, seedling weight and plant growth of endive and chicory was examined. Halopriming (KNO3) or growth regulators (gibberelic acid; GA3) improved the rate of germination of endive and chicory and reduced the mean germination time needed. 30 min pre-sowing t...