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chicory root

ingredient / ingredient-chicory-root

チコリの根

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Composition and content (1)

chicory root — composition: A field comparison of sugarloaf chicory (Cichorium intybus var. porphyreum) roots under 2 irrigation treatments (W100 control and W67 reduced water, 67% of control irrigation), using 1H-NMR metabolic profiling, found changes of -39% to -50% (decreases) in each major root sesquiterpene lactone conjugate (the 15-oxalate conjugates of lactucin, 8-deoxylactucin, and lactucopicrin) in W67. At the same time, sucrose, alanine, threonine, and phosphocholine increased, while asparagine, glutamic acid, chiro-inositol, and myo-inositol decreased.supported

Scope: Sugarloaf chicory roots in a field trial (completely randomized design, 3 plots and 173 plants per treatment).

Note: This study used only chemical analyses such as 1H-NMR and did not conduct sensory evaluation. Its results alone cannot establish a connection to perceived bitterness.

The 3 main STL conjugates in roots showed changes of -39% to -50% (decreases) in the W67 (reduced-water) treatment. Sugar and amino-acid metabolites also increased or decreased.
Limitations: A chemical-analysis study without sensory evaluation; it did not test any connection to the perceived intensity of bitterness.
Source: Metabolic Profiling of Sugarloaf Chicory Roots: Structural Assignment of Sesquiterpene Lactone Conjugates and Response to Reduced Irrigation (Scioli G; Pin L; Testone G; Sobolev AP; Giannino D, 2026) · full text checked
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claim: clm-sugarloaf-chicory-root-water-deficit-stl / type: composition / updated: 2026-09-02

Culture (1)

chicory root is used as A vegetable/ingredient carrying bitternessunverified

Scope: A candidate at the level of general knowledge. Regional and naming differences have not been confirmed.

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claim: clm-ingredient-chicory-root-candidate-role / type: cultural / updated: 2026-08-31

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