Chemical Composition and Nutritive Benefits of Chicory (Cichorium intybus) as an Ideal Complementary and/or Alternative Livestock Feed Supplement

Table 3

Chicory extracts (%) as identified by HPLC [1].

Chicory	Methanolic extracts (%)	Total phenolic	Phenolic compound (%)
Leaves	23.16	26.4 ± 1.05	Gallic acid	1.96
Roots	10.75	20.0 ± 0.9	Protocatechuic acid	2.50
			Chlorogenic acid	17.84
			p-Hydroxybenzoic acid	11.04
			Caffeic acid	35.22
			Isovanillic acid	1.97
			p-Coumaric acid	9.65
			Unknown compound	19.46
			Protocatechuic acid	1.77
			Chlorogenic acid	10.85
			Caffeic acid	24.36
			m-Coumaric acid	27.90
			p-Coumaric acid	25.03
			Unknown compound	10.09

expressed as mg GAE g⁻¹ dry extract (mean of three replicates ± standard deviation).