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Chicory Extract

Product Name
Chicory Extract
CAS No.
68650-43-1
Chemical Name
Chicory Extract
Synonyms
Chicory;Chicory, ext.;Chicory extrct;CHICORY EXTRACT;Chicory Root Extract;Chicory Herb, Common Chicory;CHICORY EXTRACT (CICHORIUM INTYBUS L.);CICHORIUM INTYBUS (CHICORY) ROOT EXTRACT;CICHORIUM INTYBUS (CHICORY) LEAF EXTRACT
CBNumber
CB2231422
Formula Weight
0
MOL File
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Chicory Extract Property

FEMA 
2280 | CHICORY EXTRACT (CICHORIUM INTYBUS L.)
Odor
at 100.00 %. sweet roasted coffee
Odor Type
coffee
CAS DataBase Reference
68650-43-1
EPA Substance Registry System
Chicory, ext. (68650-43-1)
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Hazard and Precautionary Statements (GHS)

Symbol(GHS)
Signal word
Warning
Hazard statements

H226Flammable liquid and vapour

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Chicory Extract Chemical Properties,Usage,Production

Chemical Properties

Chicory is an annual or perennial herb, growing up to 50 cm high. It is indigenous to Europe, India and Egypt. The plant exhibits leaves stemming directly from the root, similar in shape to those of the related dandelion, but with numerous showy, blue flowers. There are two principal types: the Brunswick variety has deeply cut leaves and spreads horizontally, and the Megdeburg variety has undivided leaves and grows erect. The bright blue flowers bloom from July to September. The dried root is the primary part utilized. Leaves are also used. Chicory has a bitter, tonic flavor.

Chemical Properties

Soluble chicory extract is the product consisting of the dried solids prepared from a water extract or water extracts of chicory. Also see Chicory.

Occurrence

Chicory is a perennial found in Egypt, India, and the United States.

Uses

Chicory is used as a diuretic and laxative, a coffee substitute, a sedative, an appetite stimulant, and a treatment for cancer. It can be found in many tea product formulas. Chicory is a very mild herb used for its bitter properties, mostly as a tonic.

Definition

Extractives and their physically modified derivatives. Cichorium intybus, Compositae.

Essential oil composition

Chicory flowers contain cichorin (6,7-dihydroxycoumarin-7-glucoside). The root contains up to 8% inulin, a bitter principle consisting of 1:3 protocatechuic aldehyde to inulin, as well as lactucin and lactucopicrin.* The root contains a large number of steam-distillable aromatic compounds. Acetophenone provides the characteristic chicory aroma.

Taste threshold values

Taste characteristics at 0.5%: sweet, coffee, caramellic and brown.

Chicory Extract Preparation Products And Raw materials

Raw materials

Preparation Products

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