A Vogel Artichoke # 50ml

Artichoke (Cynara scolymus) is probably best known for its edible ‘heart’ - the mass of immature florets in the centre of the bud that is called the choke or beard. Cynara can still be found in the wild in some parts of the world such as North Africa. From around the 9th Century cynara was cultivated in Naples and can now be found in many other parts of the world. In the 16th Century, the Dutch introduced cynara to the English who gave it the name artichoke. Nowadays the cultivation of cynara is concentrated mainly in countries round the Mediterranean.

Artichoke Drops contain the extract made from the leaves of the plant because these have been found to contain the greatest concentration of its active components.

Artichoke leaves contain a host of compounds including flavonoids and polyphenols including cynarin and chlorgenic acid.

Although scientists initially believed that cynarin was the important compound, today we know that it is actually the whole blend of its compounds that all appear to play a part in artichoke extract's multiple benefits.