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- Industrial chicory is known for its high dietary fiber and contains beneficial compounds like inulin and secondary metabolites with bioactive properties.
- The study focused on hairy root cultures from industrial chicory cultivars to evaluate their potential for producing antimicrobial ingredients.
- Findings revealed that extracts from hairy roots exhibited significant antimicrobial activity against harmful human microbes, including those resistant to methicillin, unlike the regular chicory taproots.
Article Abstract
Industrial chicory is an important crop for its high dietary fibre content. Besides inulin, chicory taproots contain interesting secondary metabolite compounds, which possess bioactive properties. Hairy roots are differentiated plant cell cultures that have shown to be feasible biotechnological hosts for the production of several plant-derived molecules. In this study, hairy roots of industrial chicory cultivars were established, and their potential as a source of antimicrobial ingredients was assessed. It was shown that hot water extracts of hairy roots possessed antimicrobial activity against relevant human microbes, whereas corresponding chicory taproots did not show activity. Remarkably, a significant antimicrobial activity of hot water extracts of chicory hairy roots towards methicillin-resistant was observed, indicating a high potential of hairy roots as a host for production of antimicrobial agents.
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