[A review on pharmic effect of chicory research and development].
Chicory (Cichorium intybus L) is a bushy perennial herb with blue, lavender, or occasionally white flowers. It grows as a wild plant on roadsides in its native Europe, and in North America, where it has become naturalized. Common chicory is also known as blue sailors, succory, and coffeeweed. Chicory contains saccharides, organic acid, alkaloid, triterpenes, sesquiterpenes, coumarins, and so on. It has a function of lowering the blood glucose and lipid, decreasing uric acid, and hepatoprotection. Therefore, it is evacuant and appetitive with better cardiovascular effect. Furthermore, it can be sorbefacient calcium, enhancing immunity via antiallergic, antibacterial and antivirus. So, with research and development on the peculiar physiology function of chicory, it must have a bright prospect on discovering salubrious beverage, functional food and remedy with chicory at present and near future.
Wang
Quanzhen
Q
College of Animal Sci. & Tech., Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China. wangquanzhen191@163.com
Cui
Jian
J
D000818:Animals; D018651:Cichorium intybus / Q000737:chemistry*; D004358:Drug Therapy; D006801:Humans; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012106:Research
D010936:Plant Extracts