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Common chicory, Cichorium intybus, is a somewhat woody, perennial herbaceous plant usually with bright blue flowers, rarely white or pink. Many varieties are cultivated for salad leaves, chicons (blanched buds), or for roots (var. sativum), which are baked, ground, and used as a
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Common chicory, Cichorium intybus, is a somewhat woody, perennial herbaceous plant usually with bright blue flowers, rarely white or pink. Many varieties are cultivated for salad leaves, chicons (blanched buds), or for roots (var. sativum), which are baked, ground, and used as a coffee substitute and additive. It is also grown as a forage crop for livestock. It lives as a wild plant on roadsides in its native Europe, and in North America and Australia, where it has become widely naturalized.
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What science says
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“Studies have been carried out to evaluate whether chicory (Cichorium intybus L.) and rocket salad [Eruca vesicaria (L.) Cav. subsp. sativa (Mill)] nitrate (NO3) content can be reduced by decreasing nitrate‐nitrogen (NO3‐N) in the nutrient solution or by partially replacing it with ammonium‐nitrogen (NH4‐N) (chicory only) few days before harvest.”
partially replacing nitrate-nitrogen with ammonium-nitrogen→reduced→nitrate content in chicory
“In ileum, the villus height and villus crypt depth was decreased by dietary chicory supplementation compared with control (p< 0.05), but, the villus height to crypt depth ratio was increased (p< 0.05).”
chicory fructans→increased→villus height to crypt depth ratio
