Cichorium

Di-D-fructose dianhydrides have also been isolated" from commercial chicory, which is used as an additive for coffee or in coffee substitutes. Chicory is obtained by roasting the roots of chicory (Cichorium sp.), a member of the Compositae, which contains inulin (in its roots) as a storage polysaccharide. 

An example of Asteraceae reported to inhibit COX is Cichorium intybus L., or chicory (17). In Asia, Chrysanthemum sinense Sab. (Chrysanthemum morifolium Ramat) and Bidens bipinnata L. are used as anti-inflammatories on account of their likely ability to inhibit COX. 

Cichorium endiva (endive) Porophyllum ruderale (papalo)... 

Atta-ur-Rahman, S. Zareen, M. I. Choudary, M. N. Akhtar, and S. N. Khan, a-Glucosidase inhibitory activity of triterpenoids from Cichorium intybus, J. Nat. Prod., 71 (2008) 910-913. 

Neuromuscular blocking activity. Decoction of the seed oil, administered orally to adults of both sexes at a dose of 4.6 g/per-son, was active. A mixture of Piper longum, Zingiber officinale, Piper cubeba, Curcuma zedoaria, Juniperus communis, Cichorium intybus, Mentha arvensis. Commiphora mukul, and Sesamum indicum was given. Twenty five patients with laquwa (spastic facial paralysis) were treated with this mixture in divided doses of 4.6 g in 24 hours. Six grams of a decoction of Lavendula stoechas was also given in some cases. Sev-... 

Norbffik, R., Nielsen, K., and Kondo, T., Anthocyanins from flowers of Cichorium intybus, Phytochemistry, 60, 357, 2002. 

Chicory (Cichorium intybus) is cultivated in cool regions such as Northern Europe. Recently, this vegetable has arisen out of claims that it is able to promote good health since no pesticides are used to cultivate chicory in the field, while the plant remains noticeably free from herbivore and microbial attack. The bitter substances, lactupicrin, 8-deoxylactucin and some phenolics had previously been shown to possess insect antifeedant properties in chicory (Rees and Harbome, 1985). Specifically, sesquiterpenoid lactones from chicory leaves, such as 8-deoxylactucin and lactupicrin (Figure 1), were identified as insect antifeedants against desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria. Similarly, we found some biologically active secondary metabolites in the... 

Balbaa, S.I., Zaki, A.Y., Abdel-Wahab, S.M., El-Denshary, E.S., and Motazz-Bellah, M. 1973. Preliminary phytochemical and pharmacological investigations of the roots of different varieties of Cichorium intybus. Planta Med. 24, 133-144. 

Vijn, I., Van Dijken, A., Sprenger, N., Van Dun, K., Weisbeek, P., Wiemken, A., and Smeekens, S., Fructan of the inulin neoseries is synthesized in transgenic chicory plants (Cichorium intybus L.) harboring onion (Allium cepa L.) fructan fructan 6G-fructosyltransferase, Plant J., 11, 387-398, 1997. 

De Mastro, G., Manolio, G., and Marzi, V., Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus L.) and chicory (Cichorium intybus L.) potential crops for inulin production in the Mediterranean area, Acta Hort., 629, 365-374, 2004. 

Ben Chekroun, M., Evolution hivemale des glucides (inuline et polyfructosanes) dans les tubercules de topinambour (Helianthus tuberosus L.) et la racine de chicoree (Cichorium intybus L.), These Uni-versite de Limoges, Limoges, France, 1990, p. 146. 

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