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ARTICHOKE

Source:Cynara scolymusL. (Family Com-
positae or Asteraceae).

Common/vernacular names:Globe artichoke,
cynara.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

Large thistle-like perennial herb, up to about
1 m high; native to southern Europe, North
Africa, and the Canary Islands; widely culti-

vated. Parts used are the leaves; the immature

flower heads with fleshy bracts are eaten as a

vegetable. It should not be confused with

Jerusalem artichoke, which is the tuber of

Helianthus tuberosusL.

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION

The leaves contain cynarin (1,3-dicaffeoyl-

quinic acid), apigenin, cynaroside, chloro-

genic acid, rutin, hesperitin, hesperidoside,

maritimein, esculetin-6-O-b-glucoside, quer-

cetin, caffeic acid, cosmoside, luteolin,^1

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