This study was conducted to investigate the chemical composition of wild chicory roots which distributed at filed of college of Agriculture / University of Baghdad . The percentages of moisture, protein, oil, total ash were determent, besides the minerals content . the study include the diagnosis of carbohydrate by HPLC . The results showed that chicory roots content : 5.54, 1.57, 1.15, 8.25% . of moisture, protein, oil, total ash respectively.
The Mineral content (Ca, Na, K, P, Mg ) were: 0.33, 0.15, 1.25, 0.17, 0.11 % respectively, and the carbohydrate composed of Inulin, Glucose, Fructose at: 1.2, 7.1, 2.62 gm/100g respective |