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ReviewTheScientificWorldJournal2017

Chemical Composition and Nutritive Benefits of Chicory

Ifeoma Chinyelu Nwafor, Karabo Shale, Matthew Chilaka Achilonu

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Review in TheScientificWorldJournal, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Ifeoma Chinyelu NwaforDepartment of Agriculture, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Central University of Technology, Free State, Private Bag X20539, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-9321-925X
Karabo ShaleDepartment of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Mangosuthu University of Technology, P.O. Box 12363, Jacobs, Durban, Umlazi, KwaZulu-Natal 4026, South Africa.
Matthew Chilaka AchilonuDepartment of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Mangosuthu University of Technology, P.O. Box 12363, Jacobs, Durban, Umlazi, KwaZulu-Natal 4026, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-0649-9880

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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, proteins, vitamins, minerals, soluble fiber, trace elements, and bioactive phenolic compounds, which are responsible for the various nutritive, prophylactic, and therapeutic qualities of chicory. Inulin, coumarins, tannins, monomeric flavonoids, and sesquiterpene lactones are some of the major phytocompounds mostly found in chicory plants. The health-promoting activities attributed to chicory comprise, among others, anti-inflammatory, anticarcinogenic, antiviral, antibacterial, antimutagenic, antifungal, anthelmintic, immune-stimulating, and antihepatotoxic and its antioxidative qualities. As a versatile plant, chicory's chemical composition and use as a suitable livestock feed supplement or as an alternative feed ingredient (AFI) are thus reviewed.

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Nutritive ValueAnimal FeedAnimalsCichorium intybusLivestock

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PMID29387778
PMCPMC5745685

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