Chicory Extract

Химические свойства

Soluble chicory extract is the product consisting of the dried solids prepared from a water extract or water extracts of chicory. Also see Chicory.

Вхождение

Chicory is a perennial found in Egypt, India, and the United States.

Использование

Chicory is used as a diuretic and laxative, a coffee substitute, a sedative, an appetite stimulant, and a treatment for cancer. It can be found in many tea product formulas. Chicory is a very mild herb used for its bitter properties, mostly as a tonic.

Cостав эфирных масел

Chicory flowers contain cichorin (6,7-dihydroxycoumarin-7-glucoside). The root contains up to 8% inulin, a bitter principle consisting of 1:3 protocatechuic aldehyde to inulin, as well as lactucin and lactucopicrin.* The root contains a large number of steam-distillable aromatic compounds. Acetophenone provides the characteristic chicory aroma.