CareLit Fachartikel
Cichorium intybus L.
N.N. · Zeitschrift für Phytotherapie · 2014 · Heft 04 · S. 198-202
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2014
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Summary Cichorium intybus L., common chicory Cichorium intybus L., common (wild) chicory is used as herbal remedy since ancient times. The remedy, used as a stomachic agent among others, is also utilized as a vegetable in its cultivated forms such as chicory and radicchio. The roasted root was well known as chicory coffee until the middle of the 20th century. According to new experimental results, the plant’s phytochemical composition with a broad spectrum of different substances (e.g. sesquiterpene lactones, phenolic acids, tannins, coumarins, inulin) causes a variety of beneficial effects for the treatment of…
Schlagworte
Cichorium intybus L.
Gemeine Wegwarte
Asteraceae
Volksheilkunde
Geschichte
Pharmakologie
common chicory
folk medicine
history
pharmacology
Bacterial Infections
Coumarins
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