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Palatability in sheep and in vitro nutritional value of dried and ensiled sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia) birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus), and chicory (Cichorium intybus).

[Inulin and derivates as key ingredients in functional foods].

How chicory fructans contribute to zootechnical performance and well-being in livestock and companion animals.

Increased amount of Bifidobacterium thermacidophilum and Megasphaera elsdenii in the colonic microbiota of pigs fed a swine dysentery preventive diet containing chicory roots and sweet lupine.

[Hypersensitivity pneumonitis in a chicory worker]

Characterization of the Erwinia chrysanthemi Gan locus, involved in galactan catabolism.

Jerusalem artichoke and chicory inulin in bakery products affect faecal microbiota of healthy volunteers.

The temporal development in a hybridizing population of wild and cultivated chicory (Cichorium intybus L.).

Genealogy, morphology and fitness of spontaneous hybrids between wild and cultivated chicory (Cichorium intybus).

Individual administration of three tanniferous forage plants to lambs artificially infected with Haemonchus contortus and Cooperia curticei.

Polyphenol content and antioxidative activity in some species of freshly consumed salads.

Efflux pump gene expression in Erwinia chrysanthemi is induced by exposure to phenolic acids.

Effect of selenium foliar application on chicory (Cichorium intybus L.).

Inulin-type fructans of longer degree of polymerization exert more pronounced in vitro prebiotic effects.

The use of chicory for parasite control in organic ewes and their lambs.

Effects of oligofructose-enriched inulin on intestinal absorption of calcium and magnesium and bone turnover markers in postmenopausal women.

Effect of cold stress on early vigour, photosynthesis, chlorophyll A fluorescence and pigment content of industrial chicory.

N-glycosylation affects substrate specificity of chicory fructan 1-exohydrolase: evidence for the presence of an inulin binding cleft.

Insights into the fine architecture of the active site of chicory fructan 1-exohydrolase: 1-kestose as substrate vs sucrose as inhibitor.

Multivariate analysis of physico-chemical, spectral and sensory characteristics of chicory hybrids for soil and hydroponic forcing.