First Insight into Nutraceutical Properties of Local Salento Cichorium intybus Varieties: NMR-Based Metabolomic Approach.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Plants of genus Cichorium are known for their therapeutic and nutraceutical properties determined by a wealth of phytochemical substances contained in the whole plant. The aim of this paper was to characterize the metabolic profiles of local Salento chicory (Cichorium intybus L.) varieties ("Bianca", "Galatina", "Leccese", and "Otranto") in order to describe their metabolites composition together with possible bioactivity and health beneficial properties.

Methods

The investigation was performed by ¹H-NMR spectroscopy and Multivariate Analysis (MVA), by which the metabolic profiles of the samples were easily obtained and compared.

Results

The supervised Partial Least Squares Discriminant Analysis (PLS-DA) analysis showed as "Bianca"

SUBMITTER: Girelli CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8069254 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature